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 idea that the only way to create an inclusive classroom is through gadgets and software is little more than ed-tech-industry propaganda.
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Michel, who has lived in the central Port-au-Prince community since 1974, was driven out along with hundreds of her neighbors with little more than the clothes on their backs.
—Johnny Fils-Aimé, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The significant increase in the research series is merely little more than a slight reversal of the 753,000 decline from the previous month.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Nearly every garish flight of fancy that decorates the frame is a distraction while the majority of the film does little more than rotely dramatize Kafka’s biography.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Michel, who has lived in the central Port-au-Prince community since 1974, was driven out along with hundreds of her neighbors with little more than the clothes on their backs.
—Johnny Fils-Aimé, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The significant increase in the research series is merely little more than a slight reversal of the 753,000 decline from the previous month.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Nearly every garish flight of fancy that decorates the frame is a distraction while the majority of the film does little more than rotely dramatize Kafka’s biography.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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