as in one
known but not named
some people won't be able to come
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as in approximately
close to but not exactly
some 300 people showed up for the giveaway
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Recent Examples of some
Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Nearly every one fulfills Bennett’s basic criteria for an ideal holiday track (some better than others), but only one has the commercial appeal and ear worm potential to compete against the queen herself.
50.
—Maura Johnston, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
The damage is compounded by local councils, which have been stripped of €2.2 billion in state subsidies, and are slashing their own arts funding—some by as much as 70%.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Once discarded, 66 percent of these textiles are sent to landfills to decompose (some quickly, others over hundreds of years).
—Andre Claudio, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stated that several pilgrims were injured, some seriously, but made no mention of any deaths even hours after the incident.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Nearly every one fulfills Bennett’s basic criteria for an ideal holiday track (some better than others), but only one has the commercial appeal and ear worm potential to compete against the queen herself.
50.
—Maura Johnston, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
The damage is compounded by local councils, which have been stripped of €2.2 billion in state subsidies, and are slashing their own arts funding—some by as much as 70%.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Once discarded, 66 percent of these textiles are sent to landfills to decompose (some quickly, others over hundreds of years).
—Andre Claudio, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for some
Adjective
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Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
3 Aug. 2019
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Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.—
Johannes Himmelreich,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Mar. 2018
Adverb
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So far, the MSS team has worked alongside its partners to install more than 87,000 Reef Stars with approximately 1.3 million corals attached.—
Cat Cardenas,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The company has approximately 46 properties surrounding the campus, according to its website, with rents ranging from $1,600 for a one bedroom apartment to $8,400 for a six bedroom single family home.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Each nation has contributed about a third of the debris.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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In another case, a young man who no longer lives in California reached out to the committee for review of a story detailing his arrest about a decade ago in the Sacramento region.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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This time around, agencies that oversee youth development programs, job training and services for senior citizens among the most vulnerable.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Curry Curry had the top-selling jersey last year, but came in at number two this time around.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The showdown is the most significant legal challenge brought against Meta in the company's roughly 20-year history.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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And yet, to take just one example, roughly fifty per cent of Latinos under the age of forty voted for him.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Things get much more interesting out West in the battle between 2-seed Houston and 7-seed Golden State, though.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Kids can erupt volcanoes, hatch dinosaur eggs, make their own slime and much more.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Some.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/some. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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