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
Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Ready to want to crawl out of your own skin some more?
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
The next stage of cocktail hour can bring about more musicians, but also some more unique elements as guests mix and mingle.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
Over the years other definitions have been proposed, some better than others.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
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Adverb
Given the instrument's 7-foot height and location some 50 minutes after landfall, the hurricane center estimated that sustained winds at landfall were 91 mph.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Ready to want to crawl out of your own skin some more?
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
The next stage of cocktail hour can bring about more musicians, but also some more unique elements as guests mix and mingle.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
Over the years other definitions have been proposed, some better than others.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 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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That purchase price included tax benefits valued at approximately $165 million representing a net purchase price after tax of $980 million.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Those statements are stirring anger or frustration by Capitol siege victims, who are still outraged by the pardons President Trump issued to more than 1,500 Capitol riot defendants — including approximately 600 accused of assaulting police.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
Adverb
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Our pro panel tells us that works out to about 1 ½ to 2 tablespoons of salt.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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An officer tried to pull a motorcycle over about 4 p.m. after noticing that the Harley-Davidson didn’t have a license plate.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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The flowering period isn't long, typically around three to four weeks.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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Multiple agents then turned Rosario Espinal around, pinning him to the ground before handcuffing him.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
Adverb
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Still, even the teams near the bottom of the financial standings are on the upswing, and league-wide, the NWSL posted a regular-season attendance record with more than 2 million fans in 2024, or an average of roughly 11,250 per game, up 6% from 2023.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Front-line fighting and shelling grinds on Fierce fighting has continued along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, and both sides have hit each other’s territory with deep strikes.—
Mehmet Guzel,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
Adverb
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Atoms and molecules obey quantum mechanics, which is much more complex.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
4 June 2025
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Think about how much better the Heat could have been if those three were contributing, healthy and available when needed most.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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“Some.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/some. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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