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  • suffix archaic Used to form a comparative of certain adjectives and adverbs, usually ending in -er.

Etymologies

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From Middle English -more

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Examples

  • Laura Saunders explains why average tax refunds are at historic highs -more than $3,000 per average return.

    Refund Madness: It's in the Air Laura Saunders 2011

  • In aggregate, the Fictional 15 are worth $131.55 billion -more than the gross domestic product of New Zealand.

    Forbes.com: News David M. Ewalt 2011

  • With Kmart, users fixated 20% longer on the main picture of the page and it was described by users as "inspiring" or "informative"-more so than the corresponding pictures on the other two sites.

    Forbes.com: News Tomio Geron 2011

  • The whole thing, to use a current formulation, feels very 1%-more boardroom than locker room, and not much to do with the redeeming qualities of sport.

    The New Yorker Ian Crouch 2011

  • Lobbyist work off the hill any way---more like an escort service-- pray4words: Lobbyist work off the hill any way---more like an escort bebopman21 5 minutes ago (5:15 PM) They don't care because none of them lobby for the American people. bebopman21: They don't care because none of them lobby for the ibsteve2u 6 minutes ago (5:14 PM) Gad...the U.S. Chamber of Major Corporatio­ns is trying to assume an air of reasonable ­ness?

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • In recent parliamentary "debate"-more like questioning in the British parliament, with opposition Diet members standing up and putting questions to government ministers, who have to answer directly on the spot-PM Kan has rather plaintively challenged the LPD minority leader to come up with an alternative budget proposal.

    Forbes.com: News Stephen Harner 2011

  • But if Romney/Christie loses, then Christie's future career is toast. by unpc20x February 13, 2012 6:48 PM EST Oh boy -more gay marriage.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2012

  • James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we've got more oil in this very compact area than the entire Middle East -more than 2 TRILLION barrels untapped.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Among the top 10 industry verticals, financial services continued to see the highest level of iPad activation, accounting for nearly half of net iPad activations by industry 46%-more than tripling the amount of activation in any other industry iOS tablets represent over 95 percent of total tablet activations.

    unknown title 2011

  • Then the propaganda : Muslims kill butterflies, Assad eats pork, Assad will not kiss our rear, he kills the environment -more tabloits to follow , he spilled milk, he fell over a baby cat,.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2012

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