little more than
idiom
: not much more than (something) : only slightly more than (something)
They ate little more than ice cream and hot dogs all day.
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Pharmacy seemed like little more than a way to squeeze a bit more revenue out of its Prime member base.
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Greg Petro, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Detroit has the hot hand, having made up five games in little more than a week to catch Kansas City, which has lost seven in a row.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
They are treated as little more than cogs in the war machine of a nation that has enslaved their homeland.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
For the second time in the span of a little more than two months, a man with a gun allegedly tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Greg Petro, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Detroit has the hot hand, having made up five games in little more than a week to catch Kansas City, which has lost seven in a row.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
They are treated as little more than cogs in the war machine of a nation that has enslaved their homeland.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
For the second time in the span of a little more than two months, a man with a gun allegedly tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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