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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Jim Mora’s drive-bys are more like drive-ins.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
They can also be used for pancakes, burgers, or even hash browns to make homemade breakfasts feel more like eating at your favorite neighborhood café.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Volcano sits at nearly 4,000 feet, right on the edge of its namesake national park, tucked into a high-altitude rainforest that looks more like the Pacific Northwest than the tropical postcards of Waikiki.
—Tommy Orange, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
As their orbit tightens, the relativistic precession of the stars speeds up, while the planet’s precession slows down, because the stars act more like a single object from far away.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
They can also be used for pancakes, burgers, or even hash browns to make homemade breakfasts feel more like eating at your favorite neighborhood café.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Volcano sits at nearly 4,000 feet, right on the edge of its namesake national park, tucked into a high-altitude rainforest that looks more like the Pacific Northwest than the tropical postcards of Waikiki.
—Tommy Orange, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
As their orbit tightens, the relativistic precession of the stars speeds up, while the planet’s precession slows down, because the stars act more like a single object from far away.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
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“More like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20like. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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