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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After being stuck on a boss, eternally forced to run back and replay swaths of danger for just another slim shot at winning, overcoming most challenges feels less like triumph and more like someone’s mercifully loosened the belt around your neck.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Most successful creators wind up using a mix of both, treating themselves less like hobbyists and more like one-person production studios.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Having secured both monopolies and monopsonies, tech companies behave more like rapacious rentiers than proper capitalists.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
It's made our friendship more like family.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Most successful creators wind up using a mix of both, treating themselves less like hobbyists and more like one-person production studios.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Having secured both monopolies and monopsonies, tech companies behave more like rapacious rentiers than proper capitalists.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
It's made our friendship more like family.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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“More like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20like. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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