more like
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: close to : about, approximately
I thought it would only take two or three minutes, but it ended up taking more like half an hour.
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At some point over the last month, the NHL season started to feel more like a preamble to the 2026 Winter Games than anything else.
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
That patience may be why Helix feels less like a stunt and more like a glimpse of what comes next.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
This reaction by the White House looks much more like the first term than this second term.
—ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
For decades, Downtown Orlando has been engineered more like a shortcut than a destination.
—Tim Giuliani, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
That patience may be why Helix feels less like a stunt and more like a glimpse of what comes next.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
This reaction by the White House looks much more like the first term than this second term.
—ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
For decades, Downtown Orlando has been engineered more like a shortcut than a destination.
—Tim Giuliani, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
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“More like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20like. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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