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.

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Where Subway Takes and Hot Ones occupy hallowed ground in the celebrity press tour, Questlove’s new series feels more like a hangout. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026 In the animal kingdom, life can sometimes look more like Game of Thrones than Charlotte’s Web. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2026 Elsewhere, people are treating their self-driving cars more like party buses. Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026 Disney’s ships look more like floating theme parks than cruise liners. Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for more like

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