more like
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: close to : about, approximately
I thought it would only take two or three minutes, but it ended up taking more like half an hour.
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What if leadership looked less like certainty — and more like honesty?
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Rochelle Ratkaj, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
In that context, Beckham’s frog loafers felt less like a gimmick and more like a continuation of the designer’s Paris momentum.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Staying there feels more like visiting the home of your chic Milanese friends than checking into a typical hotel.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
East coast cities such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Melbourne could see two to four inches with more interior cities like Orlando seeing more like one to two inches.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Rochelle Ratkaj, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
In that context, Beckham’s frog loafers felt less like a gimmick and more like a continuation of the designer’s Paris momentum.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Staying there feels more like visiting the home of your chic Milanese friends than checking into a typical hotel.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
East coast cities such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Melbourne could see two to four inches with more interior cities like Orlando seeing more like one to two inches.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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“More like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20like. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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