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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That is more or less what’s happening at the Internal Revenue Service, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Budget Lab at Yale University.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
That's more or less to be expected, but not a given — especially since games like Skyrim and Diablo 3 had exclusive content in their Nintendo Switch releases.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
In the absence of explicit strictures or instructions, from my husband’s parents or from the culture at large, each of us imagined for ourselves, more or less, what these sessions should be like.
—Hazlitt, 2 Apr. 2025
Make more or less of the hummingbird food by continuing to use a 4:1 ratio of water to sugar.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
That's more or less to be expected, but not a given — especially since games like Skyrim and Diablo 3 had exclusive content in their Nintendo Switch releases.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
In the absence of explicit strictures or instructions, from my husband’s parents or from the culture at large, each of us imagined for ourselves, more or less, what these sessions should be like.
—Hazlitt, 2 Apr. 2025
Make more or less of the hummingbird food by continuing to use a 4:1 ratio of water to sugar.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for more or less
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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