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
Presidents regularly use vacancies to tilt the ideological balance of the board to a more or less labor-friendly position.
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Jake Rosenfeld, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025
This is more or less what happened in World War II and its immediate aftermath.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
That façade, however, was more or less shattered recently, as Queen Camilla reacted emotionally to the reminder of the King’s illness and his mortality.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Aug. 2025
As students return to class in Sacramento this month, the questions that administrators had in the early months of this year remain more or less unanswered.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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Jake Rosenfeld, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025
This is more or less what happened in World War II and its immediate aftermath.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
That façade, however, was more or less shattered recently, as Queen Camilla reacted emotionally to the reminder of the King’s illness and his mortality.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Aug. 2025
As students return to class in Sacramento this month, the questions that administrators had in the early months of this year remain more or less unanswered.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for more or less
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The Transportation Security Administration began requiring REAL ID-compliant identification to travel through Nashville International Airport and every other U.S. airport on May 7, almost exactly 20 years after President George W. Bush signed the REAL ID Act into law.—
Hadley Hitson,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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Satellite: Available almost everywhere, slower speeds and higher latency (Hughesnet).—
Kara McGinley,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Most of the utensils were pretty cheap, quite worn, and really should have been tossed a long time ago—including my black plastic spatula.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
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The tornado later was determined to be at least an EF-3, pretty strong, a killer.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The filing follows years of financial and technical difficulties for the biogas developer which has seen operating losses of approximately $1 million per month, court records showed.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The approximately 6″ tall Black man was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, with a white t-shirt underneath, and black sweatpants, but may have removed his outer t-shirt, a source said.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
22 Aug. 2025
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Finding a new niche subgenre is practically a love language of mine.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Because practically every president since Nixon has ignored the act’s strictures, Trump isn’t about to become the first who is brought to heel—particularly with Mike Johnson poised slavishly at his feet.—
Chris Lehmann,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes my evenings, too, are an exercise in box-checking, dissociation, and faux self-care, my body piloted by a brain that has never quite switched off work mode.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
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Most of the utensils were pretty cheap, quite worn, and really should have been tossed a long time ago—including my black plastic spatula.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Well, now imagine what that would look like from about 250 miles above.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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The tour, which costs $35 and lasts about an hour, is his way of introducing visitors to the horse racing industry and his evolving vision for what horse racing in Kentucky can be.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
18 Aug. 2025
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One of millions of people to have been evacuated to the countryside via 'Operation Pied Piper,' Molly has been away from her parents—from her home—for nearly five years.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
21 Aug. 2025
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The investigation found that two fintechs facilitated nearly one in every three PPP loans funded in 2021 failed to implement systems capable of consistently detecting and preventing fraudulent and otherwise ineligible PPP applications.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Instead, Sunday’s finale ended in a three-game sweep — and a relatively convincing one, at that.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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The stadium’s design in its current form has a relatively modest cost of $175 million for Republic FC and Wilton Rancheria, the Native American tribe that took over a controlling stake in the club last November.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/more%20or%20less. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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