more like
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: close to : about, approximately
I thought it would only take two or three minutes, but it ended up taking more like half an hour.
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Every new wave of technology builds on the last — but 2025 feels more like a tsunami than a ripple.
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Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
The beauty of raising kids in a village is that, eventually, looking out for one another’s children starts to feel less like a series of one-off favors and more like an ordinary part of life.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
On a field across from the Heisman runner-up, the guy who Penn State teammates affectionately call by his childhood nickname Fatman sure looked more like Superman.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
For all of its high-tech tools and materials, the Singer designers put these vehicles together more like a high-end watchmaker puts together a timepiece.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
The beauty of raising kids in a village is that, eventually, looking out for one another’s children starts to feel less like a series of one-off favors and more like an ordinary part of life.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
On a field across from the Heisman runner-up, the guy who Penn State teammates affectionately call by his childhood nickname Fatman sure looked more like Superman.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
For all of its high-tech tools and materials, the Singer designers put these vehicles together more like a high-end watchmaker puts together a timepiece.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
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“More like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20like. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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