- they were more or less willing to help
- contains 16 acres more or less
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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13th century
about, approximately, around, like, much, near, plus or minus, roughly, say, some;
after a fashion, somewhere about, somewhere around;
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