more like
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: close to : about, approximately
I thought it would only take two or three minutes, but it ended up taking more like half an hour.
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Perhaps even more shocking is the language used to justify the cuts, which reads more like a partisan rant than a serious budget document.
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John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
Others are more like kitchen drawers overflowing with odds and ends: candle stubs, matchbooks, lids to missing jars, takeout menus from restaurants that shut down during Covid.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 2 May 2025
With more satellites and spacecraft heading to orbit, and more stuff up there moving around that might hit them, space travel is becoming more like flying the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid field every day.
—Daniel B. Oerther, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Located just up the hill from Glacier Distilling Company, Josephine’s Speakeasy feels more like a friend’s rustic-cool cabin than a bar.
—Joni Sweet, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
Others are more like kitchen drawers overflowing with odds and ends: candle stubs, matchbooks, lids to missing jars, takeout menus from restaurants that shut down during Covid.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 2 May 2025
With more satellites and spacecraft heading to orbit, and more stuff up there moving around that might hit them, space travel is becoming more like flying the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid field every day.
—Daniel B. Oerther, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Located just up the hill from Glacier Distilling Company, Josephine’s Speakeasy feels more like a friend’s rustic-cool cabin than a bar.
—Joni Sweet, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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“More like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20like. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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