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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Adverb
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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At the inaugural event held in May, music professionals voted — with some category exceptions — to determine winners across 62 categories (including six major awards) from a pool of approximately 3,000 entries.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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The nation controls approximately 73% of the global cobalt refining capacity.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The journalists who rushed to the scene managed to jot down the names of about a dozen—the VIPs (there were three members of parliament on the train that day, which was a factor in the disaster) and a couple of servants.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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And despite incorporating the EMALS technology, two former US carrier officers told CNN last month that the Fujian’s air operations may still run at only about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier due to the configuration of the carrier’s flight deck.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Most of his wealth is in original Class A shares, which currently trade around $750,000 each.—
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CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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However, leave it to one of the biggest heels around, Dominik Mysterio, to interrupt the proceedings.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Belau is the founder of Girls’ Guide to the World, a tour company that arranges roughly 80 international group trips a year primarily for Americans as well as travelers from other English-speaking countries.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Yet Tapestry—the parent company of Coach—said Gen Z now accounts for roughly 35% of its new customers, helping the brand beat Wall Street expectations and raise its full-year forecast.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Pelosi retires and Dems begin generational civil war Nancy Pelosi, 85, announced her retirement yesterday as a new generation of much younger Democrats bridles against the elderly cadre under former President Biden, 82, who led them to defeat in the last presidential election.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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The underlying principle is the same one that’s at play in the modern LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA detectors, but with a much smaller-scale set of experiments.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Some.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/some. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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