something of
idiom
: to some degree
—used to make a statement or description less forceful or definite
He is something of an expert with car repair.
We have something of a problem here.
The movie was something of a disappointment.
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Right from the start of camp, however, Åman has felt like something of the odd man out in the battle to fill out the club’s roster down the middle.
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Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Burnett was content to mine references from her own Depression-era youth; her famous maid character, the Charwoman, who became something of a show mascot, harked back to Chaplin’s Little Tramp, wearing a rumpled outfit and performing silent reveries.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Taylor Swift will be making NBC something of a second home in the week after her new album is released.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
The Western world is experiencing something of a psychedelic renaissance, with an increasing amount of interest in drugs that decades ago were considered rebellious and dangerous to some groups but fun to others who used it while clubbing and attending raves.
—Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
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Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Burnett was content to mine references from her own Depression-era youth; her famous maid character, the Charwoman, who became something of a show mascot, harked back to Chaplin’s Little Tramp, wearing a rumpled outfit and performing silent reveries.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Taylor Swift will be making NBC something of a second home in the week after her new album is released.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
The Western world is experiencing something of a psychedelic renaissance, with an increasing amount of interest in drugs that decades ago were considered rebellious and dangerous to some groups but fun to others who used it while clubbing and attending raves.
—Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Something of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20of. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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