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
Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2025
Before a last major eruption some 15,000 years ago, scientists say the ground rose about 85 feet.
—Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
The inscription had been missing from a museum in Civitavecchia, Italy, a city some 35 miles north of Rome.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Dwindled in size from the thousands of Nebraska fans who took over this stadium in fourth quarter on Saturday, the throng still numbered hundreds outside of the gates near the Huskers’ locker room some 50 minutes after the game ended.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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While many of today’s hottest independent makers are young enough for succession to be a far-off concern, those who established the category some 20 to 25 years ago are grappling with that question now, mostly in private.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2025
Before a last major eruption some 15,000 years ago, scientists say the ground rose about 85 feet.
—Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
The inscription had been missing from a museum in Civitavecchia, Italy, a city some 35 miles north of Rome.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Dwindled in size from the thousands of Nebraska fans who took over this stadium in fourth quarter on Saturday, the throng still numbered hundreds outside of the gates near the Huskers’ locker room some 50 minutes after the game ended.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 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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Sunrise and sunset will be approximately one hour earlier the following morning than the day before, resulting in more morning light.—
Jordan Green,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
8 Feb. 2026
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The earthquake shook at a depth of 6 miles, with its epicenter approximately 27 miles west of Petrolia.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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By Thursday, investigators were looking for a man who’s about five feet nine or five feet ten, of average build.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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El Salvador has received about 250 Venezuelan nationals in March last year, while the other nations received far fewer deportees, ranging from 29 sent to Equatorial Guinea to none sent to Palau so far, according to the report.—
STEPHEN GROVES,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Back then, the district would hire teachers in the first semester and wait to see how students moved around before extending their contracts to a full year.—
Carley Lanich,
IndyStar,
10 Feb. 2026
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While the mouse brain contains about 100 million cells, the human brain has around 170 billion, and that menagerie is still undergoing genetic analysis.—
Amber Dance,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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The bricks in the entryway wall could roughly indicate height.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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The appeals court panel had halted the district court’s ruling in October 2024 pending appeal, roughly two weeks after the lower court had struck down Texas’s ballot harvesting ban.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Feb. 2026
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India also has much lower oil demand for transport, about half China’s levels per person in 2012.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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In any case, many in East Asia complain that their systems work children too hard, robbing them of fun, and focus too much on memorization and not enough on creativity.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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