like that

phrase

1
: of that kind
I love books like that.
2
: in that manner
Why does she talk like that?

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Weisberg points to cases like that of Gabby Petito, where ordinary citizens reviewing their own dashcam footage provided the breakthrough investigators needed to find her remains in a remote Wyoming campground. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 And of course watched on TV the tall ships in the harbor and stuff like that. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2026 And what happens to someone who’s been outed like that, as a fake? Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026 Once sufficient displays of submission had been extracted, would the bankrollers of the civic-education movement redirect their largesse back toward places like that? Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for like that

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“Like that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20that. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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