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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That’s very powerful because there are so few things like that.
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Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The goal of good teaching, like that of any art, shouldn’t be packaged wisdom but the excitement of thought.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
When there is a big breakup like that, new people are typically introduced for a love triangle or rectangular before the exes go back to each other.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 May 2025
At a place as small as McCabe’s — smaller, even, by far than the El Rey, where Burnett last officially played in 2006 — a statement like that could count as more than just a passing maxim.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 May 2025
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Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The goal of good teaching, like that of any art, shouldn’t be packaged wisdom but the excitement of thought.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
When there is a big breakup like that, new people are typically introduced for a love triangle or rectangular before the exes go back to each other.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 May 2025
At a place as small as McCabe’s — smaller, even, by far than the El Rey, where Burnett last officially played in 2006 — a statement like that could count as more than just a passing maxim.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 May 2025
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“Like that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20that. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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