something like
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1
: close to : approximately
It costs something like five dollars.
2
: somewhat or slightly like
He does look something like his father.
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How common is something like that?
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Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Boo Boo Sick Song More than just the discomfort of getting sick, kids seem to feel distressed by all the new and unfamiliar feelings in their body caused by something like the flu or a cold.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Dec. 2025
Some people will also add something like brandy or Cognac.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
America lost something like 26,000 newsroom jobs between 2008 and 2019, which followed a period of even more brutal contraction in the previous decade when online advertising shattered the industry and led to a purge of as many as 50,000 newsroom jobs.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 23 Dec. 2025
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Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Boo Boo Sick Song More than just the discomfort of getting sick, kids seem to feel distressed by all the new and unfamiliar feelings in their body caused by something like the flu or a cold.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Dec. 2025
Some people will also add something like brandy or Cognac.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
America lost something like 26,000 newsroom jobs between 2008 and 2019, which followed a period of even more brutal contraction in the previous decade when online advertising shattered the industry and led to a purge of as many as 50,000 newsroom jobs.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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