more like

phrase

: close to : about, approximately

I thought it would only take two or three minutes, but it ended up taking more like half an hour.

Examples of more like in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Russell played a career-high 17 offensive snaps, and six came at inline tight end, making those plays more like 12 personnel. — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Whether to call these records constitutions is debatable; some are more like treaties; others are more like criminal codes. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

This is where the submarine becomes more like a miniature artificial ecosystem. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Even the game's final zinger feels less like an exciting twist and more like sequel bait right off some corporate checklist. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for more like

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