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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The new digs are twice as large as Cameo’s previous office in River North, leaving plenty of room for the two dozen or so employees to operate. —

Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 Previously such devices couldn't get much bigger than a centimeter or so (about a half inch), so an 18 cm-long hand is quite a leap forward. —

Michael Franco, New Atlas, 14 Feb. 2025 And although this problem is long-standing, until the past decade or so, no one with both the necessary expertise and the power to intervene has been inclined to help. —

Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025 These bears were laying up fat for their winter’s hibernation, and there must have been a dozen or so of them. —

Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for or so