more or less
Example Sentences
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Does his greater pedigree bring more or less pressure?
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Yet in the wake of those episodes, the reigning Greek powers of the day, Athens and Sparta, did more or less as the Persians had done.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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
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
But Malpighi’s observations had been reported piece by piece to the scientific community more or less as they had been made.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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