little more than
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: not much more than (something) : only slightly more than (something)
They ate little more than ice cream and hot dogs all day.
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The children arrived without their parents, with little more than a suitcase, before being placed with relatives, foster families or Catholic charities.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
The university’s current chancellor Javier Reyes, in a statement, wrote off the last 14 years as little more than FBS prehistory.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2025
In time, little more than that image will remain.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The airplane climbed little more than 30 feet above ground level, clearing a blast fence at the runway's end but scraping the roof of a nearby UPS warehouse with one of its landing gears.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
The university’s current chancellor Javier Reyes, in a statement, wrote off the last 14 years as little more than FBS prehistory.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2025
In time, little more than that image will remain.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
The airplane climbed little more than 30 feet above ground level, clearing a blast fence at the runway's end but scraping the roof of a nearby UPS warehouse with one of its landing gears.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for little more than
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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