as in one
known but not named
some people won't be able to come
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as in approximately
close to but not exactly
some 300 people showed up for the giveaway
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Recent Examples of some
Maura Johnston, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
The damage is compounded by local councils, which have been stripped of €2.2 billion in state subsidies, and are slashing their own arts funding—some by as much as 70%.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Once discarded, 66 percent of these textiles are sent to landfills to decompose (some quickly, others over hundreds of years).
—Andre Claudio, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
The event is projected to draw a crowd of some 50,000 people.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
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Adverb
Nearly every one fulfills Bennett’s basic criteria for an ideal holiday track (some better than others), but only one has the commercial appeal and ear worm potential to compete against the queen herself.
50.
—Maura Johnston, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
The damage is compounded by local councils, which have been stripped of €2.2 billion in state subsidies, and are slashing their own arts funding—some by as much as 70%.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Once discarded, 66 percent of these textiles are sent to landfills to decompose (some quickly, others over hundreds of years).
—Andre Claudio, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
The event is projected to draw a crowd of some 50,000 people.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for some
Adjective
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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
3 Aug. 2019
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.—
Johannes Himmelreich,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Mar. 2018
Adverb
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So far, the MSS team has worked alongside its partners to install more than 87,000 Reef Stars with approximately 1.3 million corals attached.—
Cat Cardenas,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The company has approximately 46 properties surrounding the campus, according to its website, with rents ranging from $1,600 for a one bedroom apartment to $8,400 for a six bedroom single family home.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Each nation has contributed about a third of the debris.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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And about as well as their last seven games of this regular season, too.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Put up photos of nature, move your desk around, or paint a wall with chalkboard paint for ideating.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Though the talk radio–style medium had been around for more than 15 years at that point, interest hit a fever pitch as more eyes and ears sought new ways to fill the long days.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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The showdown is the most significant legal challenge brought against Meta in the company's roughly 20-year history.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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And yet, to take just one example, roughly fifty per cent of Latinos under the age of forty voted for him.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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These arrests are part of a much larger problem: Public records show that more than 700 homeless people are arrested each month on a variety of charges that are, a county official said, often tied to homelessness itself, even when they’re not directly related to camping.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Things get much more interesting out West in the battle between 2-seed Houston and 7-seed Golden State, though.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Some.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/some. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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