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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In place of your red Knock Out rose, try something like Crimson Kisses (Weigela hybrid 'Slingco 1'), which grows to a compact 3 feet and has lipstick-red flowers that appear in spring and repeat in summer. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 May 2024

The course layout consists of a small oval inside a larger one, something like a paperclip. —J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 9 May 2024

When something like that happens in the most charitable educational beacons of knowledge and free mind, this means that what is at stake is not America’s soil but its destiny. —Gadi Ezra, TIME, 9 May 2024

And why was now the right time to work on something like this? —Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024

For example, instead of writing something like someone is cold, describe how a character is shivering and their hands feel like ice. —Vicki Salemi, Fortune, 7 May 2024

Why invest in something like friendship coaching or spend time indulging in a book about friendships with so many other things going on in our lives as mothers, partners, and professionals that demand our attention? —Jazmine Denise Thompson, Essence, 6 May 2024

When pop is practiced well, the end result is something like transcendence. —Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024

My family’s been in San Francisco for something like six generations now. —Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024