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adjective

ˈsəm How to pronounce some (audio)
Definition of somenext
as in one
known but not named some people won't be able to come

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adverb

ˈsəm How to pronounce some (audio)
as in approximately
close to but not exactly some 300 people showed up for the giveaway

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Recent Examples of some
Adverb
Forces — some visible, some harder to see — are upending literature and education itself. — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Eric Bieniemy was reintroduced as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator on a Zoom news conference some 1,070 days after his last game in the role — Kansas City’s 38-35 Super Bowl LVII win over the Philadelphia Eagles. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026 The site is marked by a monumental structure built by King Herod some 2,000 years ago. — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026 While the Knicks clinched the title some 1,800 miles away, the city held watch limited-capacity parties outside of the Garden, at Wollman Rink in Central Park and at Radio City Music Hall. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for some
Recent Examples of Synonyms for some
  1. one
  2. approximately
  3. about
  4. around
  5. roughly
  6. say
  7. much
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of one
Adverb
  • Functional connectivity in the fetal brain develops substantially later in gestation, with measurable differences in brain activity and facial responses to noxious versus innocuous stimulation appearing at approximately 33 weeks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Passengers traveling from Manhattan can also connect to the BLADEone aircraft at Westchester County Airport by helicopter, with BLADE advertising the helicopter transfer at approximately 12 minutes.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of approximately
Adverb
  • There are currently around 1,000 new Pip claims submitted every day in the UK; about 34% are successful.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The group controls about one-third of Yemen’s landmass, though the areas under its control are the most strategically important and densely populated.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of about
Adverb
  • The plant is expected to cost around $500 million and is being developed through a mix of equity and debt, with Circ also seeking grants and guarantees.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In Paris, around 800,000 lined the Champs-Élysées avenue, some waving Vatican or French flags while others climbed trees or stood on each other’s shoulders to get a glimpse of the popemobile.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of around
Adverb
  • Surveys have shown Lula and Flavio polling roughly even in an October 25 runoff.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Local officials estimated that Springfield, a city of about 60,000 people, had roughly 10,000 to 15,000 Haitian immigrants before the termination of TPS and recent immigration crackdowns.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of roughly
Adverb
  • The result has been a group of ridiculously talented dancers with a never-say-quit attitude and a lot of stuff to say — and doing it elegantly.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Definition of say
Adverb
  • These countries will face the costs of aging at much lower income levels than the advanced economies that aged before them, the report says, noting that in Europe, the same shift took several decades.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The models have become much more capable; the pace of improvement from model to model is faster; and the stakes are much higher.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of much

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