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Example Sentences
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You are correct in most of your assumptions, more or less.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
It's one thing when "you're not risking anybody's life" with spaceflight and "you're doing it on your own nickel, more or less," he said.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
We knew because Clarke said a few weeks ago that the squad was more or less set in his head already.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
They are all about $10 to $15 and involve pushing medicine into your baby’s mouth via a small hole in the paci, more or less completely removing the struggle.
From Slate • May 17, 2026
At least not any more or less than the other students.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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