or so

phrase

—used to say that a number, amount, etc., is not exact

We plan to stay a week or so.

Tickets cost $20 or so.

Examples of or so in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Indeed, there would be no reason to stop anywhere short of perhaps $10 million or so. — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

That means three dozen or so members of the culinary team — from photographers and writers to chefs — are required to eat on the job every day. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

But even in the year or so that the family has been doing this, the Zarets have detected a subtle shift. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

In due course, with Watson’s aid, Bell invented the telephone, or so many a schoolchild could tell you. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for or so

• acknow
• aglow
• ago
• airglow
• aloe
• altho
• although
• ammo
• backflow
• backhoe
• banjo
• barbeau