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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Indeed, that’s more or less the subject of The Comforters.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
Falling for Christmas doesn’t make any more or less sense than most productions of this sort, so the plot isn’t something to worry about.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
When Nelson travels to pockets of the natural world that remain (more or less) intact, the results are not all that different.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Bridget, though sad, emerges from this relationship more or less unscathed, and indeed primed for a suitable relationship with someone in her age bracket: Mr. Walliker, her son’s schoolteacher.
—Grace Aldridge
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
Falling for Christmas doesn’t make any more or less sense than most productions of this sort, so the plot isn’t something to worry about.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
When Nelson travels to pockets of the natural world that remain (more or less) intact, the results are not all that different.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Bridget, though sad, emerges from this relationship more or less unscathed, and indeed primed for a suitable relationship with someone in her age bracket: Mr. Walliker, her son’s schoolteacher.
—Grace Aldridge
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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