something like
idiom
1
: close to : approximately
It costs something like five dollars.
2
: somewhat or slightly like
He does look something like his father.
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Has this post-training approach put us back on track toward something like A.G.I.?
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Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
The public university, which has served primarily Black students for more than 50 years, sits on a gorgeous, 161-acre campus, clustered with copses of stately trees that make the grounds look something like an East Coast institution with a far longer lineage than CSU.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Perhaps Harari’s cognitive revolution went something like what was envisaged by Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology Joseph Henrich.
—Madeleine Beekman
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Second, something like breakfast together sounds great, but in reality, staying enmeshed in each other’s lives can make the transition from couple to single harder on both of you and on the children.
—Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
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Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
The public university, which has served primarily Black students for more than 50 years, sits on a gorgeous, 161-acre campus, clustered with copses of stately trees that make the grounds look something like an East Coast institution with a far longer lineage than CSU.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Perhaps Harari’s cognitive revolution went something like what was envisaged by Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology Joseph Henrich.
—Madeleine Beekman
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Second, something like breakfast together sounds great, but in reality, staying enmeshed in each other’s lives can make the transition from couple to single harder on both of you and on the children.
—Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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