Sentence examples for a thousand or so from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a thousand or so" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate an approximate quantity, suggesting that the number is around a thousand but not exact.
Example: "There were a thousand or so attendees at the concert last night."
Alternatives: "approximately a thousand" or "around a thousand."

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This one contains a thousand or so decisions rendered by New York Court in 1981.

Every day, a thousand or so Americans have a sudden cardiac arrest.

Then a thousand or so troops might actually make a difference.

HP has more than 50 separate divisions and a policy of splitting divisions larger than a thousand or so people.

But adding a thousand or so border troops won't stop the cartels or repeal the law of supply and demand.

Of a thousand or so shark and ray species, one-third are in serious trouble or nearing extinction.

Smith and her co-creators expected a thousand or so "friends" who might pledge a few hundred dollars.

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A hundred or so grizzled men squat or stand.

It's a group of a hundred or so tribes.

A hundred or so people watched the race.

There are a million or so dogs in New York City.

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