something like

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1
: close to : approximately
It costs something like five dollars.
2
: somewhat or slightly like
He does look something like his father.

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The invite said something like technical alignment, and nobody senior goes to those, because that is the part where the nerds work out the pipes. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Scientists believe the planet might have looked something like the Mojave Desert on Earth, with water flowing through it, but the debate rages on. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2026 The final product looks something like a cross between a low-budget Cyberpunk eyepiece and the disposable 3D glasses used in early-2000s movie theaters. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026 Peter Jurasik and Andreas Katsulas played Centauri and Narn ambassadors whose rivalry deepened, slowly and movingly, into something like friendship. — Jp Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026 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 14 Aug. 2026.

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