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.

Examples of or so in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web My maternal grandfather was an Italian immigrant and a construction worker, part of the crew that built the dozen or so residential colleges at Yale during the Depression. —

Brian T. Allen, National Review, 25 May 2024 After 26 or so years, does releasing something brand-new still give you a sense of excitement? —

Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024 A little more than an hour before the game begins, the gates outside the Johan Cruyff Stadium swing open and a thousand or so fans rush inside. —

María Garrido, New York Times, 24 May 2024 Furiosa's mother died three days after she was kidnapped and Furiosa spent the next 15 or so years fighting to survive and return home. —

Megan McCluskey, TIME, 22 May 2024 So basically about every seven years or so, the Dow doubles. —

Andy Mills, Quartz, 22 May 2024 Carrasco and about 100 or so other gig workers and members of workers groups, including Gig Workers Rising, gathered for a rally outside the courthouse ahead of the oral arguments. —

Calmatters, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024 Just a mile or so away, Delk found entire neighborhoods wiped out. —

Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 21 May 2024 Instead, tourists from Iceland and around the world swarmed to the site, some getting within 500 or so feet of the eruption, to glimpse the brilliant red and crimson lava gushing from the mountain and cascading down its sides. —

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024

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