or so
idiom
—used to say that a number, amount, etc., is not exact
We plan to stay a week or so.
Tickets cost $20 or so.
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About 30 or so customers occupied the wooden stools of the old-school, salty hangout in an industrial strip a few miles from downtown Louisville.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Charlotte came out energetically and had all the momentum for the match’s first 15 minutes or so.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2025
The preferred currency of performance art is shock, or so the greatest hits tell us.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Many of Brazil’s 300 or so native lands are only reachable by helicopter, or by long journeys on the rivers of the Amazon Basin.
—Adriana Brasileiro, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Charlotte came out energetically and had all the momentum for the match’s first 15 minutes or so.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2025
The preferred currency of performance art is shock, or so the greatest hits tell us.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Many of Brazil’s 300 or so native lands are only reachable by helicopter, or by long journeys on the rivers of the Amazon Basin.
—Adriana Brasileiro, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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