little more than
idiom
: 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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Heavy redactions Many of the materials released to the public on Friday were heavily redacted, with some documents amounting to little more than sheets of black boxes and many photos protecting the identities of Epstein’s victims.
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2025
By comparison, measles registered to some as little more than an annoying, rashy blight.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
But without action, warnings are little more than background noise.
—Brandi Hicken, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
With one or two exceptions, Wicks’s parishioners feel little more than decorative; there’s no real sense of suspicion mounting and falling on each one of them in turn.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2025
By comparison, measles registered to some as little more than an annoying, rashy blight.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
But without action, warnings are little more than background noise.
—Brandi Hicken, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
With one or two exceptions, Wicks’s parishioners feel little more than decorative; there’s no real sense of suspicion mounting and falling on each one of them in turn.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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