some kind/sort/type of
idiom
—used to indicate that the speaker is referring to a range of items that could fit a description
I need some kind/sort/type of fastener.
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Whiteness is apparently some kind of woke conspiracy theory.
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Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
The couple told police that the victim had followed them to 101st St. and then stormed up to their car and flashed some kind of weapon at the window of the boyfriend, who was driving, police said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
Now, although much of the U.S. is expecting some sort of rainfall on Friday, the heaviest downpours are shifting south.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
What appears to be creepily evolving dark energy could, in fact, be some kind of experimental error, or an instrumental quirk.
—Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
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Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
The couple told police that the victim had followed them to 101st St. and then stormed up to their car and flashed some kind of weapon at the window of the boyfriend, who was driving, police said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
Now, although much of the U.S. is expecting some sort of rainfall on Friday, the heaviest downpours are shifting south.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
What appears to be creepily evolving dark energy could, in fact, be some kind of experimental error, or an instrumental quirk.
—Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
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“Some kind/sort/type of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some%20kind%2Fsort%2Ftype%20of. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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