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Discover Ludwig"more and less" is a perfectly acceptable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe when a quantity or amount is increased or decreased, or is greater or lesser than something else. For example, you could say "As the days went on, his anxiety grew more and less."
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"We could be doing more, and less.
Both more and less than you think.
You're left wanting both more and less.
"There's both more and less reality in film," he said.
There's always more and less than meets the eye.
–What qualities separate more and less successful contestants?
Nostalgia seems to be more – and less – than memory.
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Is there a regional geography of the more- and less-grateful?
Mora became more -- and less -- of a fan yesterday.
Among the complaints were some that made mine seem more -- and less -- trivial.
That turned the whole notion into more -- and less -- of a drag.
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