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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Almost everything on this list is directly downtown, with two or so things being a 10- to 15-minute drive away.
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Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 20 Dec. 2025
In a decade or so, more than two hundred thousand families became HOS homeowners.
—Gigi Leung, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
This map uses data compiled from the last 150 years or so.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
The only way to avoid this is to ascend very slowly, stopping every 10 feet or so.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
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Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 20 Dec. 2025
In a decade or so, more than two hundred thousand families became HOS homeowners.
—Gigi Leung, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
This map uses data compiled from the last 150 years or so.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
The only way to avoid this is to ascend very slowly, stopping every 10 feet or so.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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