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some

[suhm, suhm] / sʌm, səm /
ADJECTIVE
few
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ADJECTIVE
a little
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The canteen caters to the funeral home's customers, but as word began to spread about its noodles, hordes of diners -some posing as mourners - began showing up to try the food.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Their syndrome was shown to be mosaic -some cells had one copy of chromosome X and some had two.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2024

He can’t share all his lab’s clients -some have NDAs - but its venom is used for both therapeutics and research.

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2021

Also -some people interpret normal aging symptoms as “pathologic” and assume they must have a disease.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2010

Presently the earth shook under him,- -some heavy substance was moved, and there was another booming thunderous noise, accompanied by the falling of chains.

From Ziska by Corelli, Marie




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