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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Would the Spurs swap No. 2 for No. 5 with the Utah Jazz to get Lauri Markkanen (perhaps with other sweeteners from the San Antonio end), and would the Jazz go for something like that?
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 19 May 2025
In other words, ingesting something like rocky road ice cream from Wells hasn’t seemed to result in a rocky road for anyone yet.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Imagine, just for a moment, if Barack Obama had said something like this.
—Matt K. Lewis, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
The mismatching result looks something like when that one weird kid in class would draw with crayons, colored pencils, and markers all at once.
—Chris Feil, Vulture, 16 May 2025
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 19 May 2025
In other words, ingesting something like rocky road ice cream from Wells hasn’t seemed to result in a rocky road for anyone yet.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Imagine, just for a moment, if Barack Obama had said something like this.
—Matt K. Lewis, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
The mismatching result looks something like when that one weird kid in class would draw with crayons, colored pencils, and markers all at once.
—Chris Feil, Vulture, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for something like
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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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