would like

idiom

—used to say that someone wants to do or have something

We would like to help in any way we can.

She would like a haircut.

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Trey would like a family someday and contemplates how money could enable future generations. —

Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 Our son would like to offer the gift of egg freezing to his sister, which is expensive. —

Philip Galanes, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 The team would like to have veteran Miles Sanders return to the lineup, but the Panthers are likely to ask him to take a pay cut after another rough year in Charlotte. —

Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2025 The club also would like to eventually extend King, another pending free agent, and Merrill, although their efforts on those fronts already were complicated by luxury tax considerations. —

Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for would like