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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By the time a regulator finishes drafting a rule for something like image editing, the company has usually shipped two or three new versions of the feature.
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The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Unlike downloading a consumer app, implementing something like Teamcenter—Siemens' product lifecycle management software—requires extensive integration with existing systems.
—Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
There’s that anecdote about how Trump said something like, Stephen Miller would like it if everybody in the country looked like him.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
Stephanie Ahn 1 hour 59 minutes Bedford Park, Stephanie Ahn’s poignant directorial debut, follows Audrey on her path toward something like self-actualization, sparked by a chance encounter with a similarly lonely soul.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
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The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
Unlike downloading a consumer app, implementing something like Teamcenter—Siemens' product lifecycle management software—requires extensive integration with existing systems.
—Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
There’s that anecdote about how Trump said something like, Stephen Miller would like it if everybody in the country looked like him.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
Stephanie Ahn 1 hour 59 minutes Bedford Park, Stephanie Ahn’s poignant directorial debut, follows Audrey on her path toward something like self-actualization, sparked by a chance encounter with a similarly lonely soul.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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