some kind/sort/type of
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—used to indicate that the speaker is referring to a range of items that could fit a description
I need some kind/sort/type of fastener.
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More than 160 gas stations closed temporarily this week, and those that didn’t experienced some sort of shortage, estimated Alejandro Borja with the National Chamber of Commerce of Tijuana, or Canaco.
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Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
Sriram and her boyfriend, Peter Banachowski, assumed there was some type of mistake.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
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Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
Sriram and her boyfriend, Peter Banachowski, assumed there was some type of mistake.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
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“Some kind/sort/type of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some%20kind%2Fsort%2Ftype%20of. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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