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Synonyms about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly


some forty people came.
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have some milk.
some roses were still blooming.
having some friends over.
some apples.
some paper.
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they were here for some weeks.
we did not meet again for some years.
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we talked for some time.
he was still some distance away.
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that was some party.
she is some skier.

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Meanwhile, Fisher has some explaining of his handling of the Chuck Cecil matter.
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In some cases, the supply is being used faster than reserves can be replenished.
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Burris says some homeless people might have been using the building for shelter.
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Before the game, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau shared some thoughts on using a zone.
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Rookie Major Wright replaced him, and veteran Josh Bullocks also got some snaps.
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There won't necessarily be losers, but some businesses still will be struggling.
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Add some diced cucumber, crumbled feta cheese and balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
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Some nutritionists have expressed open skepticism about chia's superfood claims.
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Are there some materials in the room that I maybe already have around the house?
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  • Approximately: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; ...
  • Some(a): quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity; "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper"
  • Some(a): relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
  • Remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"
  • (soma) leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
  • (soma) personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual
  • Somu00E9 is a town in the Nandiala Department of Boulkiemdu00E9 Province in central western Burkina Faso. It has a population of 3,073.
  • The Someu0219 (Romanian pronunciation:u00A0; Hungarian: Szamos; German: Somesch or Samosch), located in northwestern Romania, is a left tributary of the Tisza in Hungary. It has a length of 415u00A0km (258u00A0mi) (including its source river Someu0219ul Mare), of which 50u00A0km are in Hungary.:19 The Someu0219 is the fifth river as length and debit in Romania...
  • Soma (Sanskrit: su00F3ma) or Haoma (Avestan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma-, was a Vedic ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Greater Indian and Greater Iranian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, whose Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing qualities...