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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How The Hive came to be Erin Carr-Jordan, CEO and president of Digital Equity Institute, was asked to step into the role when the institution was little more than a name.
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Erick Trevino, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2024
Rockefeller’s speech has been mythologized in an era where conventions have become little more than infomercials.
—Marsha E. Barrett / Made By History, TIME, 15 July 2024
Proponents maintain that these programs are engines of integration, while critics slam them as slave labor and little more than populist attempts by regional authorities to woo back voters drifting to the far right.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
As president, Biden has been little more than a conduit through which progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders have advanced their agenda, and the progressive agenda is one bad policy after another.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
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Erick Trevino, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2024
Rockefeller’s speech has been mythologized in an era where conventions have become little more than infomercials.
—Marsha E. Barrett / Made By History, TIME, 15 July 2024
Proponents maintain that these programs are engines of integration, while critics slam them as slave labor and little more than populist attempts by regional authorities to woo back voters drifting to the far right.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
As president, Biden has been little more than a conduit through which progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders have advanced their agenda, and the progressive agenda is one bad policy after another.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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