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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Some of her research comprises little more than yearbooks’ blooper reels, and that’s all right by me.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In the long run, this will be little more than a blip.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
At human scale, static electricity is little more than a curiosity.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Nevertheless, Qi Chu had used the same smock since his first day at the morgue and worn it down to little more than shreds.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In the long run, this will be little more than a blip.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
At human scale, static electricity is little more than a curiosity.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Nevertheless, Qi Chu had used the same smock since his first day at the morgue and worn it down to little more than shreds.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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