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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Telephone poles Most people’s wingspan is more or less equivalent to height, maybe an inch longer.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
For example, earlier NOAA science missions in collaboration with academic researchers this summer, dropped small, expendable instruments to learn more about how conditions inside the core of the hurricane interact with the surrounding environment to make storms more or less intense.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
That is more or less the premise of this film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as the lonely and introverted Theodore Twombly.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 7 Nov. 2025
Pick more or less on stats from your favorite stars in the NBA, NFL, NHL and more.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
For example, earlier NOAA science missions in collaboration with academic researchers this summer, dropped small, expendable instruments to learn more about how conditions inside the core of the hurricane interact with the surrounding environment to make storms more or less intense.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
That is more or less the premise of this film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as the lonely and introverted Theodore Twombly.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 7 Nov. 2025
Pick more or less on stats from your favorite stars in the NBA, NFL, NHL and more.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for more or less
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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