something like

ADVERB

virtually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically essentially nearly practically

WEAK

around as good as effectually for all intents and purposes fundamentally give or take a little guesstimate implicitly in all but name in effect in essence in substance in the ballpark in the neighborhood morally not absolutely not actually upwards of

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"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

“Say something like, ‘I’m super excited we are all going to be together and have some fun.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Still, if a team of experts had set out to create a human being to maximize the likelihood that he would terrify a Wall Street customer, they might have designed something like Lippmann.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

something like

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