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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We had been hidden little more than an hour when a flock of turkeys streamed above the ledge and single-filed up the canyon.
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Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 12 June 2025
That loss is little more than a rounding error for a company that reported net income of $100 billion.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
Chest freezers are chunky appliances, and even the most aesthetically pleasing models are still little more than large boxes.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
John is a starving-artist stereotype in search of a character, and Evans, always an appealingly angular and mischievous screen presence, is treated as little more than a hangdog hunk.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 12 June 2025
That loss is little more than a rounding error for a company that reported net income of $100 billion.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
Chest freezers are chunky appliances, and even the most aesthetically pleasing models are still little more than large boxes.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
John is a starving-artist stereotype in search of a character, and Evans, always an appealingly angular and mischievous screen presence, is treated as little more than a hangdog hunk.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 June 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 17 Jun. 2025.
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