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Example Sentences

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Does his greater pedigree bring more or less pressure?

From BBC • Jun. 5, 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

The answer, more or less, is to continue what he’s been doing all along.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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

“So, you think we can more or less troll him into reacting terribly, and he’ll do the work for us?”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro