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
Pula more or less transferred that personality to the East Coast.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
Inhumans does not exactly seem like MCU canon as it has more or less been banished from existence, despite attachment to Agents of SHIELD, outside of a brief cameo in Multiverse of Madness for Anson Mount’s Black Bolt (who was promptly murdered).
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
The Ducks more or less maintained their first-half advantage and cruised to a 76-61 win.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
While the first Dune could more or less run the table in the craft categories, the new one faces tough competition from Wicked, The Brutalist, and more.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
Inhumans does not exactly seem like MCU canon as it has more or less been banished from existence, despite attachment to Agents of SHIELD, outside of a brief cameo in Multiverse of Madness for Anson Mount’s Black Bolt (who was promptly murdered).
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
The Ducks more or less maintained their first-half advantage and cruised to a 76-61 win.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
While the first Dune could more or less run the table in the craft categories, the new one faces tough competition from Wicked, The Brutalist, and more.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for more or less
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What to know about California's wildfires Santa Ana winds have died down across the Greater Los Angeles area, helping firefighters bring almost 40,000 acres of ongoing wildfires under control.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Fully fleshed out Playing through two of the three ages gave me full access to almost all of the game’s big systems, and the breadth of those systems is the most impressive thing about Civilization VII.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025
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Search is the prize, as should have been pretty clear when Apple went to court to help Google defend its default search spot on a billion iPhones.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The new CPUs, GPUs, and laptops announced at CES this week set the tone for Windows computers in the year to come — and so far, 2025 is looking pretty promising.Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
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When to Watch The best time to view the planets is shortly after sunset, because three of them—Venus, Saturn, and Neptune—set between approximately 9 and 10:30 pm local time.Gretchen Rundorff, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025
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In an update posted on SpaceX's website later Thursday evening, officials said ground teams lost contact with the spacecraft approximately eight and a half minutes into the flight.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
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The brothers, both 31, had an accidental form of twin telepathy when their proposals happened practically back-to-back.Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Neighbors used to wait until the fruit was ripe, then come knocking on the front door, practically begging to pick from the trees.Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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And sometimes, sometimes, this can be quite useful.James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Image This is a lot to ask of a literary plot, but the story is quite hardy: It’s been around for over 200 years.Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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But Rosen cited studies showing that each death penalty case cost at least $1 million, and a recent analysis by The Sacramento Bee showed that the legal costs for seeking and appealing death sentences in California was about $72 million per year.Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
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From 1942 to 1964, about 4 million Mexican men got jobs as farmworkers in California and other Western states.Gabrielle Clark, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
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And Lynch was an avid painter and visual artist, who exhibited his work around the world and spent nearly a decade drawing his own comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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Most Popular Man who procured guns, ammo for Sinaloa Cartel sentenced to nearly 20 years Clouds and drizzle will replace Santa Ana winds Thursday across San Diego County San Diego’s 7 most dangerous intersections could soon get a safety overhaul.Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Enthusiasm for tax cuts was relatively restrained even among Republicans: 46% put a higher priority on cutting taxes, and 38% on curbing the deficit.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Most federal agencies receive relatively cohesive, singular congressional oversight.Frank J. Cilluffo, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
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