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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The frustration comes from honestly just not having a good enough plan to beat that cover zero and seeing something over and over like that and not being able to gash it.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Dec. 2025
But this game shapes up exactly like that edition in Tuscaloosa with defenses controlling the game and victory going to the team that can score somewhere in the mid-20s.
—Erick Smith, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Children don't think like that.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Kabanyana and his family of 11 — parents, sisters, nieces and nephews — used to all live crammed in a hut like that.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 13 Dec. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Dec. 2025
But this game shapes up exactly like that edition in Tuscaloosa with defenses controlling the game and victory going to the team that can score somewhere in the mid-20s.
—Erick Smith, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Children don't think like that.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Kabanyana and his family of 11 — parents, sisters, nieces and nephews — used to all live crammed in a hut like that.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 13 Dec. 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 16 Dec. 2025.
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