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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Each summer over the course of two weeks or so, this Nomads Clinic covers more than 100 miles on foot and horseback, at altitudes of nearly 18,000 feet.
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Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
That’s an extra $1,780 or so purely because the IRS concluded the erroneous position was intentional rather than mistaken.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
With only a few notable blockbusters coming in the next month or so, the same could be true this year.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
In this version of events, Easter Island is a cautionary tale of a population that destroyed itself, its island paradise, and whatever mysterious civilization had created its thousand or so stone monuments, or moai.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
That’s an extra $1,780 or so purely because the IRS concluded the erroneous position was intentional rather than mistaken.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
With only a few notable blockbusters coming in the next month or so, the same could be true this year.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
In this version of events, Easter Island is a cautionary tale of a population that destroyed itself, its island paradise, and whatever mysterious civilization had created its thousand or so stone monuments, or moai.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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