like this
idiom
1
: of this kind
I love weather like this.
2
: in this manner
I hate it when it rains like this.
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Scientists experimentally confirmed in 2020 that methane, among the simplest organic molecules, forms like this, as carbon and hydrogen land on the icy grains, one after another.
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Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
Roberto Baldwin Roberto Baldwin No one wants to see their car come back to the garage like this.
—Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
The last time the Irish won a game like this, a major New Year’s Day-type bowl game and against a high-level opponent, was the 1993 Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M.
—Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Some of that education includes understanding the realities of the role in circumstances like this.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
Roberto Baldwin Roberto Baldwin No one wants to see their car come back to the garage like this.
—Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
The last time the Irish won a game like this, a major New Year’s Day-type bowl game and against a high-level opponent, was the 1993 Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M.
—Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Some of that education includes understanding the realities of the role in circumstances like this.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Like this.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20this. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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