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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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

It was in Las Vegas that Eisman and his associates’ attitude toward the U.S. bond market hardened into something like its final shape.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

something like

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