little more than
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: not much more than (something) : only slightly more than (something)
They ate little more than ice cream and hot dogs all day.
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Such drones can be made by skilled developers with little more than garage workshops.
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David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
That partly reflects how well Harris has put together a campaign in the little more than three months since President Biden left the race.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Harris has had little more than three months to develop an answer.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Audiences had watched Wanda lose the love of her life in Avengers: Infinity War, but Vision's death was little more than a footnote in that film.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
That partly reflects how well Harris has put together a campaign in the little more than three months since President Biden left the race.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Harris has had little more than three months to develop an answer.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Audiences had watched Wanda lose the love of her life in Avengers: Infinity War, but Vision's death was little more than a footnote in that film.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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