something like

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: close to : approximately

It costs something like five dollars.

: somewhat or slightly like

He does look something like his father.

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Or, take the model of something like Jelly’s Last Jam and go whole-hog with a concept like putting your lead on trial in the afterlife — that recent Encores! production does, unfortunately for A Wonderful World, hang in comparison to this jazz-icon musical. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024 What follows is something like 12 Angry Men if written by John Grisham, with a dollop of the classic 1948 noir The Big Clock thrown in for good measure. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024 Tap Enable Feature on the next screen and Quick Reply Message and choose something like Ghostly Greetings. —

Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024 The other reason is that broadcast TV is one of the few US media formats to feature something like the equal time rule. —

Mia Sato, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for something like

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“Something like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20like. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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