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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Example Sentences

Spitz has written a book worthy of its 704-page length; another 50 or so pages covering the later years would have made it even stronger.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Meanwhile, she’s tormented by the knowledge that Hadley was only 20 or so paces from the safety of the Mystic commissary, if only she’d left her cabin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

At that time, Finnian said that in "the last month or so I have been having quite a bit of pain in my back and hip".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

In short, artificial intelligence programs are getting good enough that they’re not only a threat to individual workers but whole knowledge-based industries, or so the bear case goes.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

A movement to my right caught my eye; a slim man, probably thirty or so, had just stood up from his seat.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin