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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Satellite: Available almost everywhere, slower speeds and higher latency (Hughesnet).—
Kara McGinley,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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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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Temperatures and humidity will begin to increase on Thursday, reaching the upper 80s which is pretty typical for mid-August in the metro.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
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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Tanner, who is quite religious, was doing the latter.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
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
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They had been reduced to a single population somewhere in the southern Indo-Pacific Ocean, then began to genetically diverge about 7,000 years ago.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Top with about 1 heaping teaspoon of the tomato mixture.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Aer Lingus representatives said the first two months of the flight are nearly sold out.—
Hadley Hitson,
The Tennessean,
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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From 2019 to 2022, during those three years China was in lockdown, there was a relatively closed climate for making films.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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Beyond these three states, the number of data centers was spread relatively evenly across the U.S., with the average number of centers in each state being 78.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 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 3 Sep. 2025.
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