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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Do certain things feel more or less important than before?
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Those funds offer a mix of more or less conservative assets to workers according to retirement date, with increasingly conservative investments as the target date nears.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
They more or less balance out, by the way, the pluses and minuses.
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And our dominance over the natural world is now more or less universal.
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
Those funds offer a mix of more or less conservative assets to workers according to retirement date, with increasingly conservative investments as the target date nears.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
They more or less balance out, by the way, the pluses and minuses.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
And our dominance over the natural world is now more or less universal.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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