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more or less

Approximately, as in The truck will hold nine yards of dirt, more or less . This usage was first recorded in 1589.
Basically, essentially, as in We more or less agree on the substance of the letter . This usage was first recorded about 1225.

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Since the end of the Cold War, countries have chosen to live under American economic leadership because they saw it as more or less fair.

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So far, no-one has been able to work out if a volcano becomes more or less explosive when sea water in these vents mixes with magma.

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"While AI pieces all looked more or less the same, I was amazed at the variety of the 'human' works," she said.

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"We are doing our best so that it will be enough for the coming week," sums up Dr Sukkar, "but we expect that our stock will run out in more or less two weeks."

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Readers of the book will not recognize all these diversions, but the story’s outlines are more or less observed.

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more often than not moreover

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