How to Use more than in a Sentence

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  • Both had spent more than two decades leading their companies.
    — Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • New episodes, each not more than 30 minutes, are released on YouTube once a month.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Buying insurance more than three weeks after your first deposit.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The British Grand Prix therefore operates as far more than a sporting event.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Eventually, weariness begins to affect more than just your mood.
    — Scott Hanson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • This reassurance requires more than just an announcement at an all-hands meeting.
    — Bill Pappas, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Knoebels still has a Crystal Pool, among more than 100 rides and attractions that have been added over the years.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Retrofitting compliance onto an ad hoc agent stack after the rules arrive costs several times more than designing it in from the start.
    — Teodor Calin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Hemici said the program now offers more than 7,000 events and experiences per year.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • For technology leaders, the comparison is more than metaphor.
    — Abhik Biswas, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Kwenortey, who moved from Accra more than 25 years ago, said the evening represented more than preparing for a soccer match.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • The state budget — a more than $350-billion spending plan — went into effect Wednesday.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The Cuisinart recall follows two other major grill brush recalls this year involving more than 13 million products.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • Anne Hathaway’s latest Instagram post featured more than just an exciting announcement.
    — Taylor Jean Stephan, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • Alongside this spending, more than 115,000 tech workers have been laid off in 2026 across more than 150 companies.
    — Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Currently, more than 4,000 National Guard troops remain deployed in the District.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Anderson and Swift have been close friends for more than 20 years, dating back to their days at Hendersonville High School in Tennessee.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Accidental deaths, including drug overdoses, motor vehicle crashes and falls, were the causes of more than 197,440 deaths that same year, records show.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Better quantum chips Professor Jonathan Home said scientists have spent more than 30 years trying to determine what causes electric field noise near quantum chips.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • The 2026 tournament has the highest rate of goals per match in decades and is the first in World Cup history to have scored more than 200 goals (with two dozen matches still left to play).
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Grossing more than $217 million worldwide against a $30 million budget, the Wayans’ sequel delivered the exact kind of crowd-pleasing victory lap many fans hoped for.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
  • That, more than any individual legal task, is what the signers of the Declaration demonstrated in July 1776.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Now in its 18th year, The Zac Foundation has provided free water safety camps to more than 25,000 kids in at-risk communities.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Authorities say electrical service in La Guaira has recovered to roughly 90%, while more than 5 million liters of water have been distributed across affected areas.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Our research found that 83% want brands to disclose when AI is being used in customer interactions, and more than half say labeling responses as AI-powered actually increases trust.
    — Susan Ganeshan, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Brownsville Energy Storage Terminals, per the website, had more than 850 employees and 28 million barrels of oil storage capacity across six global hubs.
    — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 2 July 2026
  • Restaurants that receive more than 30 demerits are required to immediately fix the most critical violations and start corrective procedures on all the other violations within 48 hours.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
  • Since officially becoming billionaire in 2023, Swift’s net worth has more than doubled, from 1 billion to over 2 billion, Kelce’s net worth is estimated at under $50 million.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Silverstone’s long-term contract through 2034 provides additional economic certainty, with the agreement projected to generate more than £1 billion in localised financial value over its lifetime.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • In 2023, the NHTSA announced a recall of more than 2 million Tesla vehicles over concerns with the Autopilot feature.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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