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Example Sentences

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Does his greater pedigree bring more or less pressure?

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"He has more or less the same level of support in the polls as Petro did four years ago, so it's not impossible either," he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

You are correct in most of your assumptions, more or less.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 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

“Have you read it? We’re all over that. Someone must not have been careful. Judah of Regensburg and Elazar Rokeach seemed to more or less know...”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny