would like
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—used to say that someone wants to do or have something
We would like to help in any way we can.
She would like a haircut.
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Tsirogiannis would like to see institutions more aggressively audit their collections for any items that appear in the archives of trafficked antiquities.
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
Someone who received the cake for a while — and would like to again — is Brooke Shields.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Wasch says the league would like to build even more urgency around the earlier round-robin games.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Customers who would like to be notified by email when the supplemental claims process starts can submit their name, email address and phone number at the Submit Contact Information link.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
Someone who received the cake for a while — and would like to again — is Brooke Shields.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Wasch says the league would like to build even more urgency around the earlier round-robin games.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Customers who would like to be notified by email when the supplemental claims process starts can submit their name, email address and phone number at the Submit Contact Information link.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for would like
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“Would like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/would%20like. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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