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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
The answer, more or less, is to continue what he’s been doing all along.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
In Italy workmen used a kind of pump, which worked more or less like a giant syringe, to raise water out of wells and canals.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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