would like
idiom
—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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The rise of columbaria at Catholic churches Jim Varallo would like to get to Calvary Cemetery on Lebanon Pike in Nashville more than once or twice a year to visit family members who are buried there.
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Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025
The study would like 45 more participants who are 65 years or older.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
This union will be especially fragile, given that the two parties at the altar would like to kill each other (a condition that I am told usually takes decades of Anglican matrimony).
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2025
Skoog, who is running for his second term as mayor following 16 years on the city council, added that Overland Park just completed its comprehensive plan with housing named as the main issue residents would like to see the city address in the coming years.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
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Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025
The study would like 45 more participants who are 65 years or older.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
This union will be especially fragile, given that the two parties at the altar would like to kill each other (a condition that I am told usually takes decades of Anglican matrimony).
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2025
Skoog, who is running for his second term as mayor following 16 years on the city council, added that Overland Park just completed its comprehensive plan with housing named as the main issue residents would like to see the city address in the coming years.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Would like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/would%20like. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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