like that
idiom
1
: of that kind
I love books like that.
2
: in that manner
Why does she talk like that?
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Murders on public transit like that of Iryna Zarutska should never be allowed to happen again.
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Adeola Adeosun
robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The ball was out of his hands, like that, toward the corner of the end zone, where Hifo caught it with inches to spare.
—Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Opulence like that doesn’t come cheap and rooms can rise up to $1,600 a night in September.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
There was no international law, there was no nothing like that.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
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Adeola Adeosun
robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The ball was out of his hands, like that, toward the corner of the end zone, where Hifo caught it with inches to spare.
—Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Opulence like that doesn’t come cheap and rooms can rise up to $1,600 a night in September.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
There was no international law, there was no nothing like that.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for like that
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“Like that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20that. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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