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 Fortune’s estimates, drawn from industry data, the value of all direct deals, using the broad definition of single investments in private companies, will explode to something like $200 billion this year, multiple the number several years ago.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
This way of peering at screen culture from an inexact distance, which also comes up in a scolding scene where Ethan scrolls aimlessly through something like TikTok, rankles in a play that is otherwise so precise about physical time and space.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Tap a high-drain app, then choose something like Restrict background usage, Optimize, or Disallow background activity (depending on the options your phone offers).
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
America’s best-selling SUV, the five-passenger RAV4 has become something like the default vehicle choice for many buyers.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
This way of peering at screen culture from an inexact distance, which also comes up in a scolding scene where Ethan scrolls aimlessly through something like TikTok, rankles in a play that is otherwise so precise about physical time and space.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Tap a high-drain app, then choose something like Restrict background usage, Optimize, or Disallow background activity (depending on the options your phone offers).
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
America’s best-selling SUV, the five-passenger RAV4 has become something like the default vehicle choice for many buyers.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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