give or take

Example Sentences

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And the wound had time to heal—a diagnosis Mr. Benoit makes 250 million years after the fact, give or take a few thousand millennia.

From The Wall Street Journal

For most investors, that would typically be between about 10% of their assets in gold, give or take about 5%, depending what else is in their portfolio.

From Barron's

For most investors, that would typically be between about 10% of their assets in gold, give or take about 5%, depending what else is in their portfolio.

From Barron's

That about thirty of us live there, give or take.

From Literature

She stuck to her normal diet, give or take a few pregnancy cravings, and did strength and conditioning training throughout her pregnancy, stopping "a week or two before" giving birth.

From BBC