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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What those 15,000 or so fair-weather fans missed was the Broncos (4-2, 2-0) asserting themselves in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 41-25 Mountain West win over the Lobos (3-3, 0-2), who for much of the night were like a gnat the home team couldn’t swat away.
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Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2025
Last Rites covers the last seven or so years of Ozzy’s life, including his growing number of health issues and his fight to get back on stage one last time at the Back to the Beginning farewell concert with Black Sabbath.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
This money is expected to help meet ongoing liabilities from them, as well as the £150m or so net spend of the summer just ended.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
A week or so later, Blanton is speaking to Rolling Stone, back in the United States after she and several hundred others were detained at Ketziot, a sprawling Israeli prison complex in the Negev desert.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
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Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2025
Last Rites covers the last seven or so years of Ozzy’s life, including his growing number of health issues and his fight to get back on stage one last time at the Back to the Beginning farewell concert with Black Sabbath.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
This money is expected to help meet ongoing liabilities from them, as well as the £150m or so net spend of the summer just ended.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
A week or so later, Blanton is speaking to Rolling Stone, back in the United States after she and several hundred others were detained at Ketziot, a sprawling Israeli prison complex in the Negev desert.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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