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

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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Later this month, SpaceX should launch a stock offering expected to raise something like $80 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“When you do something like that, I have to decide whether it’s true or false and then just play the scene with enough sincerity,” Oldman says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

“I did hear something like… like a faint crunch?”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Related Words

• basically
• essentially
• nearly
• practically