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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Meanwhile, at UMaine, administrators spent the spring and summer more or less searching the couch cushions for quarters to keep various research projects afloat.
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
But for tumblers, the pushes more or less cancel each other out, trapping them in their slow, chaotic motion.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Are the Bruins going to have to hire the interim coach after more or less already doing that last time?
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
That's the thinking—more or less—behind the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
—Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
But for tumblers, the pushes more or less cancel each other out, trapping them in their slow, chaotic motion.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Are the Bruins going to have to hire the interim coach after more or less already doing that last time?
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
That's the thinking—more or less—behind the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
—Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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