more of

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used to say that one way of describing a person or thing is better or more accurate than another
It's more of a guess than an estimate.

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But expect to see more of the couple in NY’s hottest restaurants, Zoe on the MSG arena floor, and Harry running over the Brooklyn bridge across the next month at least. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026 Coupon securities are the notes and bonds that carry semiannual interest payments, and holding their auction sizes fixed means any extra borrowing this quarter cannot come from selling more of them. James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 El Niño also tends to significantly increase the number of storms that form in the Eastern and Central Tropical Pacific, which thereby boosts the odds that one or more of them will track near Hawaii. Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Instead, there’s more of a collective responsibility to get up and back. James Pearce, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for more of

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“More of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20of. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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