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Recent Examples of more or less With all of that said, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is more or less right in the middle of the timeline. Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024 So, after all these years and headaches, the value of a microblogging service is more or less…the same? Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024 Do top loaders clean better with more or less water? Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024 Starr was then in the midst of cutting a series of EPs, having more or less abandoned the full-album form, the last of which was with Linda Perry as writer-producer. Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for more or less 
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Adverb
  • Loading your audio article FORT COLLINS — After a violent outburst almost cost him everything, Avery Morrow was determined to get his life back on track.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • But that has been analyzed and dismissed by almost every economist and trade group in the country to look at it.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
Adverb
  • Humans are pretty tiny creatures living on a really large sphere.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Everyone seemed to know that a second adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s landmark comic was a pretty foolish endeavor, most of all showrunner Damon Lindelof.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Adverb
  • Augusta Gold had a working capital deficiency of approximately $32,000,000 as of September 30, 2024.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • One bar is approximately equal to the air pressure at sea level on Earth.
    Benjamin Roulston, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
Adverb
  • The only question is how sizable the GOP majority will be in a chamber where the legislative filibuster practically ensures that 60 votes are needed to pass new measures.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Jennifer Lopez has worn practically the same style equation before, too.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Adverb
  • His mimicry of Satchmo, the baseline test all these shows must pass, really is quite impressive.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Just like many areas that saw a surge of visitors seeking outdoor adventure during COVID, Sedona’s popularity—which was already quite high—soared further.
    Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
Adverb
  • The two hunted all day with just one break for lunch when, finally, a doe came trotting by at about 5:30 p.m.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The 25-year-old called 911 about 7:30 p.m. Monday and said he had been assaulted in a road rage incident.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
Adverb
  • The Niners nearly doubled the overall offensive output of the Bucs.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Evans led by 2,596 votes as of 10:52 p.m., up nearly 400 votes from a few hours earlier in the evening.
    John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Adverb
  • The Arctic's relatively sluggish sea ice growth since the start of winter follows a summer that ended with the sixth lowest minimum extent on record.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Design: The Differences Are Down to Nano-Textures This part of the review is relatively easy to write: Apple changed nothing about its MacBook Pro laptop design except for the optional nano-texture display and the move to Thunderbolt 5 connectivity.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024

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