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something like

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  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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Cormier then said he’d been “hacked or something” and asked who would believe something like that, while Eric Trump called the screenshots completely fake and AI-generated.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

"It feels overwhelming and incredibly exciting - I feel as though I have waited all my life for something like this to happen to me," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

“He reached a point that — I assume — he was very happy with himself, and he yelled something like, ‘This is art!

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Many managers have asked their team something like, “Will you please give me feedback whenever you have some?” and received exactly nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But when their eyes slid to Coal, he felt something like curiosity from them.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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