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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What is remarkable is how many on both sides of the political divide have, since the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., cautioned against rubbing salt in the wound of Russia’s loss of global status, which left the world’s largest country with little more than oil, nukes, and grievances.
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Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
But when fans arrived at the festival site, they were greeted with little more than dinky tents, grounds that resembled a refugee camp, and cheese sandwiches.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
With little more than a backpack, Diallo eventually made it to New York with the help of his uncle.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
The raid resulted in little more than an empty park and increased tensions between the federal government and Los Angeles’s mayor.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
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Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
But when fans arrived at the festival site, they were greeted with little more than dinky tents, grounds that resembled a refugee camp, and cheese sandwiches.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
With little more than a backpack, Diallo eventually made it to New York with the help of his uncle.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
The raid resulted in little more than an empty park and increased tensions between the federal government and Los Angeles’s mayor.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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