How to Use or so in a Sentence

or so

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  • The sun still has a long life ahead of it, say five billion years or so.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
  • After a minute or so, the drums picked up and the chants returned.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The French use the traversin as a bedding staple to this day, or so says this Paris apartment.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
  • This will likely be upgraded in the next day or so to an Extreme Heat Warning.
    — Rachael Jay, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • If an Ovechkin retirement tour ever takes place, it’s likely been delayed another nine months or so.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • One of the most controversial things to happen in sports over the last five to seven years or so is the introduction of jersey ads.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • So theoretically, the X12 would pay for itself in just over a year or so.
    — Joe Salas june 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • But even with some gaps in his skating or rush defense over the last year or so, Carlson hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down offensively yet.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • In the last five years or so, Kimpton has placed a particular emphasis on ecotourism when booking lodging.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Some were composed of only a dozen or so local leaders, either appointed by officials or elected by the people.
    — T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
  • Humanoids make up only a tiny fraction of the five million or so robots currently deployed in factories worldwide.
    — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The last 18 months or so has witnessed a generational transition take place at Manchester City.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • As traffic races past them every day at 40 miles per hour, Eric drives by there every week or so, easing on his accelerator to better study them.
    — Sam McDowell 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • The changes will happen over the course of the next year, with about 1,600 layoffs happening today and the remainder being spread out over the next 12 months or so.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • While state law enforcement agencies will get 4% raises, the budget includes no raises for the 100,000 or so rank and file state workers.
    — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • And the only reason the sculpture studio is so far from his music studio — there’s also a studio devoted to his painting — is because of his huge success over the last 60 or so years.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Organizations that ignore this shift risk being outpaced (registration required) by agent-native competitors within the next year or so.
    — Vinod Bijlani, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Although the size of the deadly early July heat wave has shrunk significantly in the past day or so, dangerous heat still persists across portions of the South and West.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Using the Met’s dataset, Chu developed an algorithm to supply the game with 10 fresh artifacts’ images and data per day for the next 10 years or so.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 6 July 2026
  • At the break, Marsch appeared to be held back from approaching the officials by Moise Bombito, after Canada was denied a penalty a minute or so before.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • Of the nation’s civic centers, the Hamilton School—which receives $10 million a year in funding—has the largest staff (with fifty or so faculty members) and offers the widest range of degrees.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • The chain is planning to expand further in Idaho, perhaps to Twin Falls and a second Boise spot in the next year or so, the owner previously told the Statesman.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
  • Over the last decade or so, military news has been inundated with discussions on the latest developments in drones, artificial intelligence (AI), and the like.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • With Australia closing in on a winner in regulation with its young attack, Egypt settled in over the final 20 minutes or so to regain control of possession and find the more consistent threats on goal.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
  • The agency plans to build an astronaut outpost near the lunar south pole over the next decade or so, then use the information gained to send astronauts to Mars in the late 2030s or 2040s.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • The feeling out stage in the early parts of the first half took a bit longer than expected, but Norway has found the attack in the last 15 minutes or so, resulting in a goal from Antonio Nusa in the 39th minute.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, the very early hours of July 7 and 8 will see a close conjunction of a last quarter moon and Saturn in the east, kicking off relatively moonless conditions for the following 10 nights or so.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • As buyers continue encountering AI slop—intelligent-sounding output that's confidently wrong, outdated or so generic it could have been written for anyone—their trust erodes, friction is introduced and deals stall.
    — Ray Makela, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Where the vast majority of their Championship peers benefited from state-of-the-art facilities on one site, Parkinson’s squad had to change at the Racecourse every morning before driving the three or so miles to their Colliers Park training ground.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Early in the 30-minute KC2026 call with staff who’ve worked countless hours over recent months, Kramer said Sunday calls would be canceled and urged the dozen or so in attendance to encourage a day off this week for people within their work streams.
    — Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026

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