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
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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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And his auto-target ultimate is more or less and automatic triple kill or more due to its sheer damage output.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The pinnacle of the prediction hypothesis might be Sora, a video-generating model that OpenAI announced in February and which conjures clips, more or less, by predicting and outputting a sequence of frames.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Defying the laws of creative longevity, all have been more or less excellent.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
The two later broke up, which is still more or less normal.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Dec. 2024
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The pinnacle of the prediction hypothesis might be Sora, a video-generating model that OpenAI announced in February and which conjures clips, more or less, by predicting and outputting a sequence of frames.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Defying the laws of creative longevity, all have been more or less excellent.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
The two later broke up, which is still more or less normal.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Dec. 2024
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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