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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Addressing the Red Hill fuel supply and mobility gap with a commitment to fund long-term, twenty-year leases on the first 40 or so product tankers new Korean shipyards can produce gives Korea’s fledgling U.S. shipyards a chance to grow and thrive.
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Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
As laid out above, the cost of watching every single NFL game this year will be just under $150 per month — say, $85 or so for a live TV provider, plus up to $40 for Sunday Ticket (out-of-market games), $15 for Amazon Prime (Thursdays) and $8 for Netflix (two Christmas games).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The storm is moving toward the north-northeast near 12 mph, and this motion is expected to continue for the next day or so, followed by a turn to the northeast, according to the hurricane center.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025
The hour or so drive from the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport was an idyllic combination of bucolic farmland and rolling hills, accented by just enough roadside apple stands to remind us that people worked and lived here.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
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Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
As laid out above, the cost of watching every single NFL game this year will be just under $150 per month — say, $85 or so for a live TV provider, plus up to $40 for Sunday Ticket (out-of-market games), $15 for Amazon Prime (Thursdays) and $8 for Netflix (two Christmas games).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The storm is moving toward the north-northeast near 12 mph, and this motion is expected to continue for the next day or so, followed by a turn to the northeast, according to the hurricane center.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025
The hour or so drive from the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport was an idyllic combination of bucolic farmland and rolling hills, accented by just enough roadside apple stands to remind us that people worked and lived here.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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