How to Use like this in a Sentence

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  • The moment when something like this works feels like a hack or a cheat.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 11 May 2023
  • So as rates get cut, loans like this are even more likely to increase.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2024
  • For the first time, Rita starts to question why things are like this.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Folks have taken secrets to their grave before, but not quite like this.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2023
  • But heat waves like this one can cause the snow to melt rapidly—too fast for the ground and artificial reservoirs to soak it all up.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 12 May 2023
  • Few others could carry a tough, true message like this and still seem calm, temperate, almost sweet.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
  • To pass the time, consider packing a deck of playing cards, like this waterproof set from Hoyle.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2023
  • The prerequisite for a study like this is athletes who are really into the idea of collecting data on themselves.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Typically, cases like this might involve disciplinary records, staff assignment logs, or case files.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • Around the world, milk banks like this one have sprung up as a solution to a public health issue that’s straightforward in itself but complicated to tackle.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023
  • The great thing about attractors like this is that today, there are more ways to get your value proposition in front of people than ever before—and a lot of it costs nothing.
    — David Gaz, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The extremity of details like this has haunted me long after returning to the U.S.
    — Ruth Madievsky, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2023
  • Overall, shoppers like this set and have awarded it with nearly 3,400 perfect ratings and hundreds of five-star reviews.
    — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
  • Out-of-this-world and possibly once-in-a-lifetime experiences like this draw travelers to Zannier Sonop.
    — Mazuba Kapambwe, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2024
  • And who are reviews like this for now anyway? Particularly over the past two years, the cutting-edge has gone far beyond expensive restaurants downtown.
    — Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2023
  • Hayashi says that societies will need to have conversations on the ethics about making changes to these basic building blocks of biology before anything like this is attempted on humans.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2023
  • What happens when the rest of the world sees images like this?
    — ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But again, this was my first time with my boyfriend on a kind of trip like this.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Not to mention that joggers like this are the chameleon of pants.
    — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Shein has done pop-up stores, like this one in Plano, Tex., last year.
    — Aruni Soni, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Devins has received a lot of messages like this over the years.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2023
  • He’s heard Chase talk like this many times before, and isn’t fazed.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Now imagine 639 arenas just like this filled to the brim.
    — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
  • When faced with a run like this — Estragon: All the dead voices.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Isn’t what makes a letter like this cute the fact that it is written by a child?
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
  • Songs like this explain why the album hit a nerve with fans.
    — Alexis Oatman, Essence, 30 Sep. 2023
  • As to how a team should react to a game like this, James didn’t have answers.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • And with a deal like this, who needs to wait until Black Friday?
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
  • No one in the history of the league has done anything like this at 38 years old.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 July 2024

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