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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Loz knows me pretty well over the last dozen or so years of collaborating on various projects.
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New Atlas, 22 Nov. 2025
Indeed, the sporophytes likely could have survived much longer in the final frontier — 5,600 days or so, according to a mathematical model the researchers developed.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Nov. 2025
If none of that sounds as if a command is likely to be issued from on high within the next 13 months or so, that may be because the NFL is going to have its hands full with a number of other issues in the near term.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Every few years or so, there is a push for more transparent human capital disclosures.
—Ben Zweig, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
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New Atlas, 22 Nov. 2025
Indeed, the sporophytes likely could have survived much longer in the final frontier — 5,600 days or so, according to a mathematical model the researchers developed.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Nov. 2025
If none of that sounds as if a command is likely to be issued from on high within the next 13 months or so, that may be because the NFL is going to have its hands full with a number of other issues in the near term.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Every few years or so, there is a push for more transparent human capital disclosures.
—Ben Zweig, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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