or so
idiom
—used to say that a number, amount, etc., is not exact
We plan to stay a week or so.
Tickets cost $20 or so.
Examples of or so in a Sentence
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The most significant among that cast, of course, is Neymar, lured from Barcelona for $240 million or so in 2017.
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Schmitt had been playing all over the infield for the River Cats, mostly ceding shortstop to Luciano except once or so a week, and offers Melvin more positional flexibility in the interim.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
Stoking that total are annual budget deficits projected by the IMF of around 4% to 5% — just a percentage point or so less than the US.
—Craig Stirling, Fortune Europe, 9 May 2024
Over the past year or so, residents in San Carlos, Del Cerro and other communities have come across similar material.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
Combined with changes inside the complex, that means a person could drop their car off, walk 75 feet or so and immediately have access to the Powerhouse Theater without navigating any stairs, Bauman pointed out.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
The report also provided a few sketchy details about the ongoing quest to find what had been lost, revealing that, of the two thousand or so missing or damaged objects, only about three hundred and fifty had so far been recovered—the majority of them with the assistance of Gradel.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Nationwide, the semiconductor industry projects that 115,000 additional jobs will be needed over the next seven years or so.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
A couple of centuries or so later, the peninsula became part of a Spanish land grant, and the demesne of Manuel Dominguez as his Rancho San Pedro.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Schmitt had been playing all over the infield for the River Cats, mostly ceding shortstop to Luciano except once or so a week, and offers Melvin more positional flexibility in the interim.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
Stoking that total are annual budget deficits projected by the IMF of around 4% to 5% — just a percentage point or so less than the US.
—Craig Stirling, Fortune Europe, 9 May 2024
Over the past year or so, residents in San Carlos, Del Cerro and other communities have come across similar material.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
Combined with changes inside the complex, that means a person could drop their car off, walk 75 feet or so and immediately have access to the Powerhouse Theater without navigating any stairs, Bauman pointed out.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
The report also provided a few sketchy details about the ongoing quest to find what had been lost, revealing that, of the two thousand or so missing or damaged objects, only about three hundred and fifty had so far been recovered—the majority of them with the assistance of Gradel.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Nationwide, the semiconductor industry projects that 115,000 additional jobs will be needed over the next seven years or so.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
A couple of centuries or so later, the peninsula became part of a Spanish land grant, and the demesne of Manuel Dominguez as his Rancho San Pedro.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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