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like

[lahyk] / laɪk /




ADVERB
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The damage companies like OpenAI can do to working Americans is very real.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

It comes after some music fans made it "clear" to the streamer they don't like seeing a profile that seems to be a human, to then realise it's AI-generated.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The company is also asking platforms like social-media companies, payment processors and credit-card companies, and shipping services to step in.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

“To me, that felt like, ‘Great, we’ll wait until I get on site and we’ll coordinate,’ ” Walker said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

“I know I shall like it here,” she says of Louisiana.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Hayes explained that this type of segmentation could be used to develop tailored products that account for the specific "sour liker" taste profile.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2024

Mary Jo is a decisive and unafraid liker of what she likes, and disliker of what she does not.

From Washington Post Jun. 28, 2022

Some context: Wesley Britt, the tweet liker, is married to Katie Britt, who is running against several other Republicans in the Alabama primary for this year’s midterm elections.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2022

But I was a very active liker of “A Ghost Story,” which, as with “The Green Knight,” seems to unfold in some eerie netherworld between life and death.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2021

The words of my own prayer—I were liker a man if I struck this creature down—shot at the same time into my memory.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

Mercy, Shakespeare wrote, "Earthly power doth then show likest God's/ When mercy seasons justice."

From Time Jan. 17, 2012

From his eyes gleams “a luster unlovely, likest to fire.”

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith

“But mercy is above this sceptered sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute of God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God’s, When mercy seasons justice.”

From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison

“People say that you are the idlest chap in these parts; but it seems to me that, with the work thou likest, thou canst be as busy as the best.”

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by George Manville Fenn

Earthly power doth then show likest gods, When mercy seasons justice.

From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by J. (Jesse) Clement

Search for the phrase “too much cash” and you will find numerous articles penned by the likes of JPMorgan Chase and Charles Schwab, warning about the risk of being underinvested.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Royal said he also likes high-quality municipal-bond funds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

His breakout year came in the 2021-22 season, when he helped City win the Premier League 2 title as an 18-year-old playing alongside the likes of Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and Nico O'Reilly.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Which is fine, but one likes a mix.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“I don’t remember. Um…something with a W, maybe. Wyatt? Winston? I know he likes Minecraft and…hedgehogs?”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

"But I was amazed by the positive response to the new colours - hundreds said they liked it."

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Jim was not a bad person, just not my person, and unlike me, he had the clarity of who he was, what he wanted and actually liked himself — qualities I had yet to attain.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

“What I liked about it was this particular pitch that holds strength and vulnerability in it, which I think is very much where Billy lives at all times, from minute to minute,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Upstart Holdings said artificial-intelligence enhancements helped reaccelerate growth in its core personal-lending business during the latest quarter — and investors liked what they saw.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

I liked Sandy June’s, particularly summer night activities.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

After one month, three months, and six months, participants were asked whether their liking for sweet foods or their perception of sweetness had changed.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

OpenAI’s announcement seemed a little too on the nose for some in the tech industry already suspicious of its efforts to shape regulations to its liking.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Bake for another 7 to 10 minutes, until the egg whites are set and the yolks are cooked to your liking.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

“Who knows? Maybe their parents might end up liking this too.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Eitri watched until he was satisfied that it would all be to his liking.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman




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