more or less
adverb
1
: to a varying or undetermined extent or degree : somewhat
they were more or less willing to help
2
: with small variations : approximately
contains 16 acres more or less
Examples of more or less in a Sentence
the lot is 16 acres more or less
most couples in the survey said that they were more or less happy in their marriage
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Whether that makes the note more or less likely to be authentic is a question forensic analysts will ultimately have to answer.
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And then the really significant moment was when Zach Polanski, who more or less came out of nowhere, won the leadership of the Green Party and essentially turned it into a Corbynite Party.
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Bridgers, meanwhile, has remained more or less off the radar.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
The pursuit was more or less a bust.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
And then the really significant moment was when Zach Polanski, who more or less came out of nowhere, won the leadership of the Green Party and essentially turned it into a Corbynite Party.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Bridgers, meanwhile, has remained more or less off the radar.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
The pursuit was more or less a bust.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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