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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Most of what gets released is more or less the same, in form if not in quality.
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Because their faces are more or less visible in an Instagram Reel that showed Harry carving a jack-o’-lantern from start to finish for Halloween.
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That’s more or less what global event planner Michelle Rago had in mind when decamping from her Manhattan apartment of 30 years to her dream home in Lambertville, New Jersey.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Most of what gets released is more or less the same, in form if not in quality.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
Because their faces are more or less visible in an Instagram Reel that showed Harry carving a jack-o’-lantern from start to finish for Halloween.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2025
That’s more or less what global event planner Michelle Rago had in mind when decamping from her Manhattan apartment of 30 years to her dream home in Lambertville, New Jersey.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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