more or less
Example Sentences
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However, when the researchers tracked the same participants from 2021 through 2024, they found that increasing personal climate action did not make someone more or less politically active the following year.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
As the years went by, it became more or less evident that sooner or later I would be asked to do this job.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I’ve known Steve for 40 years, and he’s been with me, more or less, one way or the other, every step of the way,” Trump said at Witkoff’s Oval Office swearing-in, in May 2025.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The murder rate’s previous low came in 2014, capping a decline that had been more or less continuous since the early 1990s.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
By the time he was back I was more or less myself.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
