Examples of 'more or less' in a sentence

Meaning of "more or less"

more or less: This phrase is used to indicate an approximation or estimation rather than an exact measurement. It suggests that a quantity or degree is close to a certain amount but may vary slightly. For example, 'The project will take more or less two weeks to complete.'
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  • Approximately.
  • Almost.

How to use "more or less" in a sentence

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No group of people is more or less deserving of protection.
More or less the same as we say nowadays.
The rest of us are more or less the same.
You more or less forced that girl on us.
You all proved more or less adequate.
More or less serious accidents are quite frequent.
We seem to be travelling more or less in a straight line.
Exert more or less pressure as you please.
Two quotations to more or less end with.
I am more or less familiar with the case.
Competition is of course more or less free or manipulated.
She more or less runs the studio.
Its continued work is more or less indispensable.
That more or less made the number.
Makes the hair more or less shiny.

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More or less what we thought we would find.
The rest is more or less closed off.
It does not matter if there is one more or less.
Shows a more or less square pretend house.
I had the impression he was more or less retired.
A man is no more or less than he thinks himself to be.
I have spent a lifetime more or less human.
And it was more or less as if we created a doom machine.
They have been preserved more or less completely.
So it was more or less offensive to the surfing community.
After that you were more or less a beggar.
One more or less makes no difference.
Arthington lived more or less like this.
And they are doing everything right more or less.
A little more or less will not matter.
Buoyancy and gravity are more or less equal.
I would more or less ruled him out.
My daddy grew up on his own more or less.
This is more or less where we stand today.
Let the number of members be more or less.
Everyone was more or less interested in the arts.
That will not produce more or less.
They are more or less the same size.
The cystoliths are extended to more or less rounded.
This one more or less says it was you.
The social dimension is more or less missing.
These are more or less unchanged to this day.
The brain was thought to be more or less fixed.
A dead man is more or less completely indifferent.
It is a mental formula always more or less general.
This is more or less how she left it.
The connective tissue is more or less intact.
I guess more or less what she says.
It is impossible for me to be more or less like myself.
No more or less than any woman.

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