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noun (1)

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adjective

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adverb

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conjunction

as in as
the way it would be or one would do if it looks like it's going to rain at any moment

Synonyms & Similar Words

likes

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of like
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plural of like

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plural of like

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of like
Verb
Others may not like their AI avatar videos but consider the financial reward high enough to make up for the sting. ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025 There will always be Penguins fans who don’t like Ovechkin, and there will always be Capitals fans who don’t like Crosby. Josh Yohe, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
Kush & Orange Juice 2 also features the likes of Gunna, Mike WiLL Made-It, Ty Dolla $ign, Don Toliver, Larry June, Conductor Williams, and legends in Juicy J, DJ Quik, and Max B, among others. Angel Diaz, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025 As of Friday, the video amassed over 11.7 million views, 2.1 million likes and 17,200 comments on TikTok. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
What is 1 Observatory Circle like inside? Inside the 9,000-square-foot house is 33 rooms, dedicated for both public and private use, with highlights including a heated outdoor pool, library, and sunlit solarium. Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024 The display will update once per second when in Always On mode instead of once per minute like before. Hayden Field,ashley Capoot,kif Leswing,todd Haselton, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
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But his message may have instilled some new hope in Alibaba — the e-commerce giant is now seeing growth in its core business and has become one of the leading artificial intelligence players in China and globally, competing with the likes of OpenAI and DeepSeek. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025 American publications—including the likes of Time, which once named her in its list of 100 influential people—have also been scathing. Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for like
Recent Examples of Synonyms for like
Adjective
  • Three other states – Louisiana, New Hampshire and Wyoming – have enacted similar laws in recent months.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Wracked with guilt over Su-ho’s injuries, Si-eun enters Weak Hero Class 2 determined not to let another friend suffer a similar, gruesome fate.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Jarry was pretty good late in the regular season, after his second stint in the AHL.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • And that’s pretty much what another resident, Rachel (Erica Pappas), says in an attempt to dissuade the council from sending a war party of 16 to Seattle.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • Each nation has contributed about a third of the debris.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • All four crash victims were from Menominee, Wisconsin, about 45 miles northwest of Green Bay, according to the State Police.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • If Villa prepare assiduously to burst out of the blocks at home, then the inverse is often true on the road, comparable to a marathon runner who is unsure of their durability in the last few miles.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The past two comparable moves in this small-investor proxy, in November 2022 and March 2022, led to stiff near-term declines in the basket within weeks.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • When asked about it in his pre-match press conference, Silva, quite fairly, dismissed its relevance in strong terms.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The hidden joke of their routines — what even a lot of the long-haired druggie types in the audience didn’t quite get — is that the counterculture was over.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In our model, the flow of traffic over a network of roads is analogous to the flow of fluids over a surface — motions that are governed by the laws of fluid dynamics.
    Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
  • In 1958, Congress created Captioned Films for the Deaf, a program that was meant to be analogous to Talking Books for the Blind.
    David Owen, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The dinner announcement comes a week after approximately 40 million Trump meme coins were unlocked to investors.
    Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Pete described the rubble as weighing approximately 70 tons.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Why Open Networks Make Sense Supply chains are deeply complex, and no two systems are alike.
    Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Adaptability Is Key No two performances are alike because no two audiences are alike.
    Dr. Jen Donnell, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Like.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/like. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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