some 1 of 2

as in one
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some

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Adverb
Amid this slew of options—some mundane, some exotic—scientists are devising ways to test the possibilities against each other. Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024 Resembling a witch's face, this nebula is a stellar nursery some 1,300 light-years from Earth. Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024 To prevent the look from falling flat, remember to use variations of your color; combine multiple different values—some lighter, some darker—of the main color paired with plenty of textures. Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2024 Nearby, Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer turned felon and now all-around barnacle, lingered on the red carpet, there to give interviews for no other reason than to jab Trump some more. Michael Appler, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for some 
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Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • When to Watch The best time to view the planets is shortly after sunset, because three of them—Venus, Saturn, and Neptune—set between approximately 9 and 10:30 pm local time.
    Gretchen Rundorff, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But in addition to the health benefits of working out, the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans also found that approximately 80 percent of Americans are not active enough.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Swift arrived about 90 minutes before kickoff, sauntering down the tunnel to her usual VIP suite.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In the 450 main event, Jett Lawrence won the race just about 2.4 seconds ahead of Ken Roczen.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • The crash occurred around 1:39 p.m. at 5500 North Freeway.. The driver of the truck was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2025
  • But having seen much violence and death in his years as a logger, he’s tormented by the sense that darkness is following him around and some kind of punishment is coming his way.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Trump also ordered his Justice Department to take steps to throw out all pending indictments against Jan. 6 defendants whose cases have not yet been fully adjudicated — a decision that would shut down roughly 470 ongoing cases.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Americans spend more on medications than other countries—roughly twice as much per capita.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • But the odds say the undisputed junior featherweight champion should have a much easier time with late replacement opponent Ye Joon Kim anyway.
    Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Research shows that taste buds will respond by finding sugary foods that used to be delicious now cloyingly sweet, or in the case of sodium, much too salty, Katz said.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025

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