some 1 of 2

as in one
known but not named some people won't be able to come

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some

2 of 2

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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 The event is projected to draw a crowd of some 50,000 people. Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for some
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Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In addition to married women who have changed their name, there are approximately four million men whose names don’t match their birth certificates for a number of reasons.
    Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • In fact, Britain’s Ministry of Defence, in common with other analysts, assesses Russia’s rate of advance to have been in steady decline for six months, from about 730 square kilometers captured in November last year to just 143 last month.
    Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
  • At least half of those duty-free parcels—each worth $800 or less, and most ringing in at about $50—come from China.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Put up photos of nature, move your desk around, or paint a wall with chalkboard paint for ideating.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Movement test: Raise your arms, bend over, and move around.
    Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • The scene is roughly the same in the game, though the show's version of Joel is more aggressive; Joel knocks Seth to the ground in the show, but only lightly pushes him in the game.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Even in families in which the parents earn roughly the same amount, mothers spend six hours more a week on caregiving and housework than fathers do.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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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