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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But the margin Tuesday wasn't close, and the race was called just an hour or so after the polls had closed.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
President Trump has argued that his tariffs could help the government raise over $1 trillion in the next year or so, helping to reduce the national debt and even potentially offset some income taxes.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
In the one scene in which Kilmer appears—all of three minutes or so long and the most powerful in the film—Maverick visits his old pal about some deep personal struggles.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
A day or so of medical attention does not address the underlying problems that compel people to bed down in subways and on the streets: a lack of both affordable housing and access to a continuum of voluntary mental health care.
—Dave Giffen, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Susan Page, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
President Trump has argued that his tariffs could help the government raise over $1 trillion in the next year or so, helping to reduce the national debt and even potentially offset some income taxes.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
In the one scene in which Kilmer appears—all of three minutes or so long and the most powerful in the film—Maverick visits his old pal about some deep personal struggles.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
A day or so of medical attention does not address the underlying problems that compel people to bed down in subways and on the streets: a lack of both affordable housing and access to a continuum of voluntary mental health care.
—Dave Giffen, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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