some kind/sort/type of
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—used to indicate that the speaker is referring to a range of items that could fit a description
I need some kind/sort/type of fastener.
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The exact numbers fluctuate widely depending on how the question is framed, but at least a significant minority—and possibly a plurality—of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza would accept coexistence with Israel if that acceptance brought some kind of state of their own.
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David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
To put some sort of number on these claims, the debut Micro RGB TV will apparently be capable of covering a full 100% of the BT2020 colour gamut – something that no other mainstream TV technology can currently do.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya This book is about the possibility that books can, instead of offering some kind of therapy, annihilate you—like, truly slam the door shut on the idea of delivering you into emotional equilibrium.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Is this some sort of a private business that wants to test how fantastic their drones are.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
To put some sort of number on these claims, the debut Micro RGB TV will apparently be capable of covering a full 100% of the BT2020 colour gamut – something that no other mainstream TV technology can currently do.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya This book is about the possibility that books can, instead of offering some kind of therapy, annihilate you—like, truly slam the door shut on the idea of delivering you into emotional equilibrium.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Is this some sort of a private business that wants to test how fantastic their drones are.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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