or under
idiom
: or less (than a stated number or amount)
Most of the restaurant's entrees are $10 or under.
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Fill your container with soil, spread the seeds, mist with water daily, and keep them in a sunny spot or under grow lights.
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Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
The protocol, as Wendlandt describes it, allows for a defendant to be held in lieu of bail or under preventative detention for no more than seven days without a lawyer.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
Which Wisconsin beaches are under elevated bacteria advisory? More than a dozen Wisconsin are current closed or under an advisory as of July 1, according to the DNR's beach health map.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Data centers could be costly More than 20 data centers are either proposed or under construction in Indiana, drawn by the generous tax incentives offered by state leaders.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
The protocol, as Wendlandt describes it, allows for a defendant to be held in lieu of bail or under preventative detention for no more than seven days without a lawyer.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
Which Wisconsin beaches are under elevated bacteria advisory? More than a dozen Wisconsin are current closed or under an advisory as of July 1, according to the DNR's beach health map.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Data centers could be costly More than 20 data centers are either proposed or under construction in Indiana, drawn by the generous tax incentives offered by state leaders.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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“Or under.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20under. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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