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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Bochy is too smart to remotely suggest something like that.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Might the thrill of their ambition congeal into something like obligation?
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
In the aggregate, tariffs would feel something like a 1% national sales tax.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Their love is so deep, but that’s not to say that something like this would be easily forgotten.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Might the thrill of their ambition congeal into something like obligation?
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
In the aggregate, tariffs would feel something like a 1% national sales tax.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Their love is so deep, but that’s not to say that something like this would be easily forgotten.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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