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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But this time the end times look a little more like rebirth.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2024
My perception of this moment is that many of my fellow White Democrats want to skip over and ignore the first successful Black and Asian female vice president in this country’s history to put up someone who looks more like Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio).
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
Austin Adams, 33, has had a 7.71 ERA since June, but a team in need of arms might bank on him, looking more like the right-hander who had a 2.41 ERA through May.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
Stan Everhart looked out from his backyard in Sun City Lincoln Hills and saw an open field — green and lush in the rainy seasons and more like dry kindling in the summer, peppered with a few trees along the horizon and the occasional rabbit sprinting through.
—Elise Fisher, Sacramento Bee, 18 July 2024
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2024
My perception of this moment is that many of my fellow White Democrats want to skip over and ignore the first successful Black and Asian female vice president in this country’s history to put up someone who looks more like Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio).
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
Austin Adams, 33, has had a 7.71 ERA since June, but a team in need of arms might bank on him, looking more like the right-hander who had a 2.41 ERA through May.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
Stan Everhart looked out from his backyard in Sun City Lincoln Hills and saw an open field — green and lush in the rainy seasons and more like dry kindling in the summer, peppered with a few trees along the horizon and the occasional rabbit sprinting through.
—Elise Fisher, Sacramento Bee, 18 July 2024
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“More like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20like. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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