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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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However, experts say the population remains more or less stable at around 1,270 animals.

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“He has always been more or less a tech bro from Northern California with the same kind of politics as we thought,” Gonzalez said.

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And yet, most of us are still living our lives in more or less normal fashion.

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The OBR says that would more or less wipe out the headroom the government is predicted to have by 2029-30, reducing it "to almost zero".

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Anyone who likes this kind of pulp knows these avenging angel characters are more or less the same: intense, taciturn, minimalist.

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