1
as in almost
very close to but not completely
the lot is 16 acres more or less
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2
as in pretty
to some degree or extent
most couples in the survey said that they were more or less happy in their marriage
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3
as in approximately
close to but not exactly
the box weighs 60 pounds more or less
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Recent Examples of more or less
Whaffle’s home renovations are a tribute to his grandma, who raised him in a Red Hook, Brooklyn, apartment that was more or less stuck in the 1970s.
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Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The result was that, unlike novels and plays, movies became more or less synonymous with bowdlerizations so ingrained and so drastic that even most ostensible masterworks of realism come off like Candyland to viewers unindoctrinated by studio standards.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Hail Cale finished with a nifty wrister that beat Anton Forsberg top shelf for a 2-0 lead that more or less clinched the Avs’ first Stanley Cup Playoff series sweep, and first opening-round series sweep, since 2022 — the last time Colorado won the Cup.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Former Cal quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who won a national championship with Indiana in January, was more or less a lock to go the Las Vegas Raiders first overall.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
The result was that, unlike novels and plays, movies became more or less synonymous with bowdlerizations so ingrained and so drastic that even most ostensible masterworks of realism come off like Candyland to viewers unindoctrinated by studio standards.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Hail Cale finished with a nifty wrister that beat Anton Forsberg top shelf for a 2-0 lead that more or less clinched the Avs’ first Stanley Cup Playoff series sweep, and first opening-round series sweep, since 2022 — the last time Colorado won the Cup.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Former Cal quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who won a national championship with Indiana in January, was more or less a lock to go the Las Vegas Raiders first overall.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for more or less
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First, since no one actually knows the future, guessing, speculating, or simply making things up remains the state of the art for almost everyone involved in describing it.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Over the next seven years, the number of pharmacies contracted with 340B providers, nationwide, grew from 1,300 to almost 20,000.—
Dené K. Dryden,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
Adverb
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Five or six per cent of the adult population is still a pretty big number.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Its prices are pretty much on par with those from Vivid Seats, but there are way more shows with prices under $150 (all of them except for the September 15 stop in Canada).—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
6 May 2026
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At a larger scale, operations have just commenced for heat pumps that route waste heat from Microsoft data centers in Finland to warm approximately 250,000 local residents’ homes.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
9 May 2026
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The Everglades site has cost approximately $1 million a day to operate, money that Florida is still waiting for DHS to reimburse.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
9 May 2026
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The gaming complex, which featured a practically closed outlet mall (one shop remains), a robust lotto store and a host of other gas stations and fast food restaurants, closed Buffalo Bill’s last July.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Back in the early 2000s, a $100+ bottle of aged spirit from the island was practically unheard of.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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However, the day did not go quite according to plan for Dale Coyne Racing's Romain Grosjean, and that was all thanks to an unfortunate run-in — in the most literal sense imaginable — with a bird.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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General Daily Insight for April 29, 2026 Tension shows up today when timing, tone, or expectations don’t quite match.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The morning after the première, Magyar and the two filmmakers gave a press conference to about two dozen Italian reporters.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The Beechwood mobile home park in Killingworth has about 300 homes, and all are reserved for people 55 years and older, but the decision only applies to the nearly 200 homes involved in the complaint.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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That deadlock prompted an unusually long recess of nearly 90 minutes that was followed by a 6-0 vote in favor of retreating on the bus stops.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The Golden Knights regained the lead in the best-of-seven second-round series, 2-1, after stealing Game 1 in Vegas and very nearly being shut out in Game 2.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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The slow, long-simmering of bones extracts minerals, amino acids and other nutrients that the relatively brief cooking of stock cannot.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Per that metric, Wu Tsai and her executive team have blown past expectations, building a franchise worth hundreds of millions in a relatively short amount of time.—
Yohana Desta,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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