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Example Sentences
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This is more or less the path at least four Presidents took with Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The standard ratio has moved more or less sideways this week, but the weighted ratio continues to climb.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
It used to be the case that governments with whopping majorities could more or less do what they liked.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
Whether people ate more or less sweet-tasting items, their preference for sweetness stayed the same.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
And even though I’m still in 7th-grade math and everyone—from the principal to all my classmates—knows I’m a savant, it’s more or less okay.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.