one or two

idiom

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

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But there is no doctor there—only one or two Danish nurses, depending on their rotations. Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Most couldn’t imagine handling more than one or two themselves. Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 23 Nov. 2025 The Lakers may be just one or two moves away from entering the title-favorite conversation this season, and adding a reliable 3-point specialist could push them firmly into that tier. Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025 The concern for Notre Dame is Miami inching up enough to be grouped with the Irish in the same comparative pool, which might require the Hurricanes to rise another one or two spots. Pete Sampson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 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 25 Nov. 2025.

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