something like
idiom
1
: close to : approximately
It costs something like five dollars.
2
: somewhat or slightly like
He does look something like his father.
Examples of something like in a Sentence
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The Morning Show is so close to something like greatness.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2023
What will support you during something like yoga may not translate well to an activity like CrossFit, for example.
—Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2023
Dodman describes it as something like the placebo effect.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
To forfeit one over something like this really stings.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
That’s what is actually going to change something like a sport.
—Sonya Sombreuil, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
And Apple already offers something like it through AssistiveTouch on the Apple Watch.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
Moscow can now pressure Washington to use a similar framework to unfreeze the $300 billion of Russian central bank’s assets or a portion of that in exchange for something like releasing Americans held in Russia such as Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
Though the Sour version of Rodrigo might have attended the event in something like a cotton-candy plaid pleated skirt, this Rodrigo came dressed in a vintage black slipdress (’90s Betsey Johnson, of course) embroidered with delicate red flowers on the bust, straps, and skirt.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2023
What will support you during something like yoga may not translate well to an activity like CrossFit, for example.
—Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2023
Dodman describes it as something like the placebo effect.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
To forfeit one over something like this really stings.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
That’s what is actually going to change something like a sport.
—Sonya Sombreuil, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
And Apple already offers something like it through AssistiveTouch on the Apple Watch.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
Moscow can now pressure Washington to use a similar framework to unfreeze the $300 billion of Russian central bank’s assets or a portion of that in exchange for something like releasing Americans held in Russia such as Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
Though the Sour version of Rodrigo might have attended the event in something like a cotton-candy plaid pleated skirt, this Rodrigo came dressed in a vintage black slipdress (’90s Betsey Johnson, of course) embroidered with delicate red flowers on the bust, straps, and skirt.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 27 Sep. 2023.
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