more like

idiom

: 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

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This is designed more like a wallet, with a pouch to slip your passport in as well as external pockets to stash a few essential cards and bills. —Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026

At Locanda Nerello, the property’s upscale organic restaurant, cabbage emulsions will come to the table tasting more like cabbage than seems feasible; chunks of Nebrodi pig, crisped to a mahogany brown, will top eggy, cheesy pasta, and local honey will sweeten complex desserts. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026

Saturday morning is starting crisp, with lows in the high 30s and breezy north winds, making the wind chill feel more like the 20s across North Texas. —Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026

Wang’s annual January tour now looks less like a diplomatic ritual, and more like an exercise in strategic timing. —Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026

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