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.
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And the quiet, private environment of your temporary lodgings sure beat trying to book a generic venue a year or so out.
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Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Ives-Wilson prefers to only keep enough cheese on hand for the next 10 days or so.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
The team’s 300 or so employees, needing a new headquarters, moved to a temporary office space less than a mile from the Trop and got to work rebuilding their ticketing infrastructure and coordinating with Major League Baseball to get Steinbrenner Field ready for national television broadcasts.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
That’s probably not what the 16 million or so U.S. adults suffering from some form of back pain want to hear.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
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Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Ives-Wilson prefers to only keep enough cheese on hand for the next 10 days or so.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
The team’s 300 or so employees, needing a new headquarters, moved to a temporary office space less than a mile from the Trop and got to work rebuilding their ticketing infrastructure and coordinating with Major League Baseball to get Steinbrenner Field ready for national television broadcasts.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
That’s probably not what the 16 million or so U.S. adults suffering from some form of back pain want to hear.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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