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.
Examples of something like in a Sentence
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There are ideas that feel too big to not try to distill in something like jewelry, art or fashion.
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Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
In other words, tech use is not analogous to something like vaping, which is all risk, no benefit.
—Devorah Heitner
author, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
The report from their son went something like this:
Carson was on a friend’s boat with a few of his buddies wake surfing.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2024
But when you’re known as the nice guys and the good guys, when something like that happens, people want to take any chance to knock you down.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2024
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Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
In other words, tech use is not analogous to something like vaping, which is all risk, no benefit.
—Devorah Heitner
author, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
The report from their son went something like this:
Carson was on a friend’s boat with a few of his buddies wake surfing.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2024
But when you’re known as the nice guys and the good guys, when something like that happens, people want to take any chance to knock you down.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2024
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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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