one or two

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: a few
I have a problem with one or two provisions in the contract.

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Spend more time exploring than waiting around in the blind for one or two ducks to fly by. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025 The floor was now averaging only three or four suicide attempts a year, down from one or two a month. Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025 The three successors, at least so far, do maybe one or two things well apiece. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025 That's one or two full baskets of laundry (but not overflowing). Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for one or two

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“One or two.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20or%20two. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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