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.
Examples of or so in a Sentence
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Quantities: The official recipe from the Connaught Bar (seen above) makes a respectable and demure 4.5 oz cocktail or so, which is fairly small by our tastes.
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2024
Temperatures should rise into the low 60s or so locally.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Cobain was hospitalized while overseas in Rome after ingesting 50 or so Rohypnol pills and falling into a temporary coma on March 4.
—Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
A day or so later, Caceres read a blog post from Google’s Threat Analysis Group warning that North Korean hackers were going after US security researchers in what appeared to be an effort to steal their hacking tools and intel.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024
Solar keratopathy is usually minor and is likely to heal in a day or so.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2024
And changing the guard again in four years or so won’t ensure the stability and continuity that Boeing needs.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
In contrast, eclipses on the other planets in our solar system are almost always either too small to cover the sun or so large that the ring of fire and corona are hidden.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024
For the most part, the late start didn’t seem to faze the 17,000 or so fans waiting.
—Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2024
Temperatures should rise into the low 60s or so locally.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Cobain was hospitalized while overseas in Rome after ingesting 50 or so Rohypnol pills and falling into a temporary coma on March 4.
—Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
A day or so later, Caceres read a blog post from Google’s Threat Analysis Group warning that North Korean hackers were going after US security researchers in what appeared to be an effort to steal their hacking tools and intel.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024
Solar keratopathy is usually minor and is likely to heal in a day or so.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2024
And changing the guard again in four years or so won’t ensure the stability and continuity that Boeing needs.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
In contrast, eclipses on the other planets in our solar system are almost always either too small to cover the sun or so large that the ring of fire and corona are hidden.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024
For the most part, the late start didn’t seem to faze the 17,000 or so fans waiting.
—Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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