some kind/sort/type of
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—used to indicate that the speaker is referring to a range of items that could fit a description
I need some kind/sort/type of fastener.
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With this first Legion Go S SKU rocking the Lenovo-exclusive AMD Ryzen Z2 Go processor, handheld gaming enthusiasts have been craving some kind of performance picture.
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Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
There is a clear desire for some kind of action on U.S.-Mexico border security, according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
—Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Economists at Goldman Sachs now place 70 percent odds on Trump’s slapping some kind of tariff on China, and a 25 percent probability on his enacting levies on goods from all countries.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
But Camus’ brand of pessimism is apt, simultaneously acknowledging that sense of being cosmically screwed while knowing that finding purpose, and even some kind of hopefulness, is possible in a world that promises nothing.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
There is a clear desire for some kind of action on U.S.-Mexico border security, according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
—Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Economists at Goldman Sachs now place 70 percent odds on Trump’s slapping some kind of tariff on China, and a 25 percent probability on his enacting levies on goods from all countries.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
But Camus’ brand of pessimism is apt, simultaneously acknowledging that sense of being cosmically screwed while knowing that finding purpose, and even some kind of hopefulness, is possible in a world that promises nothing.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Some kind/sort/type of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some%20kind%2Fsort%2Ftype%20of. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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