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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The aesthetic has more or less defined the mouse for the better part of a decade.
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PC Magazine, 19 May 2025
Each question, more or less, gets answered in our roundup of three new series.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
That average has remained more or less the same since May of last year, with the typical month-over-month changes registering at less than a fraction of a cent.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
The law was intended to address segregation in public schools by requiring school systems to report racial demographics of each school to the state Board of Education and note when a school’s number of minority students is substantially more or less than the system-wide average.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025
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PC Magazine, 19 May 2025
Each question, more or less, gets answered in our roundup of three new series.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
That average has remained more or less the same since May of last year, with the typical month-over-month changes registering at less than a fraction of a cent.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
The law was intended to address segregation in public schools by requiring school systems to report racial demographics of each school to the state Board of Education and note when a school’s number of minority students is substantially more or less than the system-wide average.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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