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more or less

ADVERB
approximately
Synonyms
WEAK
about almost around ballpark figure bordering on circa close to in the ballpark in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about not far from not quite on average relatively roughly thereabouts very close

Example Sentences

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“Players that are not that great are expected to more or less stay not so great.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Let’s hope so, because it’s more or less the bull case now for the broader stock market.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Eliot, “Cats” has narrative lines but more or less unfolds as a revue.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

That is, the options-trading “universe” prices the straddle prior to the earnings and more or less keeps it at that price until the earnings are announced.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

It didn’t matter how much evidence there was; it didn’t matter that by hiding, Daley more or less confirmed his guilt.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro