or so

Idioms  

1. Approximately, especially alluding to a number, as in Four hundred or so guests are invited. [Late 1500s]

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or so

It’s only 380 miles or so from Brentwood to Chase Center, and that’s much closer than Cleveland or Philly or Miami.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

These two passages, which lock access to the Gulf and to the Red Sea, are among the dozen or so straits considered vital to international trade.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

In the next 50 seconds or so, Nicolson barreled through precarious gaps in the blurry landscaping, through a tunnel of hay bales and rock walls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

There’s also a legitimate critique over the fact that the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration have both experienced major turmoil over the past year or so.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

I suppose we must have been three weeks or so into our journey across Germany, and we were making much slower progress than Peter had expected.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo