one or two

idiom

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

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About 10 minutes later, one or two members of the group broke off to spray-paint vehicles and the guard booth. Emerson Clarridge updated February 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Feb. 2026 Pick one or two recipes to get you through the rest of the week and bookmark the rest. Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026 There have also been reports that A-list Preferred customers, who are supposed to board in either groups one or two, are boarding in later groups, also leading to bin space troubles. Jordan Parker aviation, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026 Sensing there are stretches that require at least a modicum of steering, Brettkelly gets one or two of the older guys to do somewhat jarring off-camera narration/summation, in which the speaker is identified in subtitles in some instances and not others. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for one or two

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