something like
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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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That's a great honor to be dubbed something like that.
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Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
But Dieffenbach and Jones wish the signs put up after their confrontation were more specific, saying something like 'Two people were pursued by three mountain lions.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
But it’s never been used for something like drug trafficking.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
And in a sense, something like that does happen.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
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Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
But Dieffenbach and Jones wish the signs put up after their confrontation were more specific, saying something like 'Two people were pursued by three mountain lions.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
But it’s never been used for something like drug trafficking.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
And in a sense, something like that does happen.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for something like
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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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