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.
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Michael Jai White has been in a lot of film and TV projects over the last 35 years or so.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
Scott McTominay and Mason Greenwood have both been moved out of Old Trafford over the past year or so in very different circumstances.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Another 18 months or so later, in spring 2024, Conrad rounded up a bundle of musicians at Nashville’s Sound Stage to cut Carmichael’s Keepin’ Country Alive album, coincidentally including Wilson on drums.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 31 July 2025
Each week’s event has hovered at or around 2.7M views (Netflix reports hours viewed divided by runtime) for the past two months or so.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
Scott McTominay and Mason Greenwood have both been moved out of Old Trafford over the past year or so in very different circumstances.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Another 18 months or so later, in spring 2024, Conrad rounded up a bundle of musicians at Nashville’s Sound Stage to cut Carmichael’s Keepin’ Country Alive album, coincidentally including Wilson on drums.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 31 July 2025
Each week’s event has hovered at or around 2.7M views (Netflix reports hours viewed divided by runtime) for the past two months or so.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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