something like

Idioms  

1. Similar to, resembling, as in They want a flower garden something like the ones they saw in England. [Mid-1600s]

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Example Sentences

That comparison might sound hyperbolic since Vietnam was a 20-year meat-grinder of a war that cost the lives of more than 50,000 Americans and something like 3.5 million Vietnamese, both troops and civilians.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

That had to be a whiff of flop-sweat from the Atlanta 1996 games’ blue blob mascot, something like an anthropomorphized teardrop, originally named Whatizit for the obvious reaction it generated, and later just Izzy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

As a result, AI pioneers have not been able to "benefit from the collaboration that they would get if they did have something like that".

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

“Normally the market would not want to see something like that,” Bohne said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

“The letters don’t seem so big from here, but when you get right up to it . . . well, they’re something like fifty feet high. You’ve got to see it up close.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Related Words

• basically
• essentially
• nearly
• practically