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Discover LudwigThe 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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