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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For the first 50 years, the enemy was external, or so we were told by the authorities.
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Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
Whatever descriptive or generative AI is doing, it is validated and verified with a human in the loop, whether that is a security operations person, a 911 dispatcher, a first responder, or so forth.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
Celsius first debuted in 2005, but the energy drink wasn’t fully thrust into the public view until the last five years or so.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 June 2024
Although the whole two-years-of-service-first thing has shifted back and forth at least a half-dozen times — required, then not required, then required again — over the last eight years or so.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 June 2024
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Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
Whatever descriptive or generative AI is doing, it is validated and verified with a human in the loop, whether that is a security operations person, a 911 dispatcher, a first responder, or so forth.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
Celsius first debuted in 2005, but the energy drink wasn’t fully thrust into the public view until the last five years or so.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 June 2024
Although the whole two-years-of-service-first thing has shifted back and forth at least a half-dozen times — required, then not required, then required again — over the last eight years or so.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 June 2024
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“Or so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20so. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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