as in one
known but not named
some people won't be able to come
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as in approximately
close to but not exactly
some 300 people showed up for the giveaway
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Recent Examples of some
Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
In that time, the two teams have shared the field some 70 times since 1926.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Gund donated heavily to the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, gifting the New York institution some 250 works during her lifetime.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2025
Villarreal is willing to sacrifice its home match to play the fixture some 4,452 miles (7,165 km) away in Miami.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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In a moment when rock biopics, some better than others, are making bank and packing multiplexes, Anderson offers another, much deeper way of using music on the big screen.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
In that time, the two teams have shared the field some 70 times since 1926.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
Gund donated heavily to the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, gifting the New York institution some 250 works during her lifetime.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2025
Villarreal is willing to sacrifice its home match to play the fixture some 4,452 miles (7,165 km) away in Miami.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for some
Adjective
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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
3 Aug. 2019
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.—
Johannes Himmelreich,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Mar. 2018
Adverb
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The transformation comes approximately three years after going blonde for her role in the movie musical.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The committee has signed approximately a dozen new deals in this calendar year.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Jacksonville businesses of all kinds have been affected by the downstream effects of the second-longest government shutdown in history, including Chicken Country, a restaurant that has provided the area with Southern cooking for about 50 years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2025
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The aircraft had taken off from Retford Gamston Airport, located about 25 miles away in Nottinghamshire, just before the crash, the BBC reported.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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That geography does wonders for people who want to watch birds—around 20 million migrate through New York in the fall.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Video shows one agent restraining the man, then dragging him around as another agent helps pin him to the ground.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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To be effective, tree guards should be buried about 1 to 4 inches in the soil and extend roughly 20 inches above the soil or the anticipated snow line.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Nov. 2025
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Spanning nearly 24,000 square meters of permanent exhibition space -- roughly the size of four football fields -- the Grand Egyptian Museum houses around 57,000 artifacts.—
Ayat Al-Tawy,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Stay much farther back from the water and never turn your back on the ocean.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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In the present day, Hjulmand’s Leverkusen are much changed.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Some.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/some. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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