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The phrase "and sometimes less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something may occur at a frequency or amount that is occasionally lower than a previously mentioned quantity or standard.
Example: "The project requires 10 hours of work per week, and sometimes less, depending on the tasks assigned."
Alternatives: "and occasionally fewer" or "and at times less."
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And sometimes less really is more.
Convenient and sometimes less busy than Wegmans.
Other changes are more complicated, and sometimes less visible.
There's more — and sometimes less — to aging than jowls, wattles and crow's-feet.
A woman, too, can sometimes be exciting and sometimes less so.
Yet positive commercials can be just as manipulative and sometimes less truthful than negative ones.
Surgeons have little time, and sometimes less appetite, to discuss the minutiae of a procedure's aftereffects.
"Sometimes he uses three strings on his guitar," she enthused, "and sometimes less".
He says being single suits him "sometimes more and sometimes less.
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Products from Fitbit, Jawbone, Nike and Samsung and others are presented to willing, and sometimes less-willing, employees in the name of fun, fitness and improved profits.
And sometimes less-altruistic or inward looking motivations can create other problems which may ultimately prevent a person being truly self sufficient.
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