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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The content feels more like a hub of personal blogs or a selection of posts from early-2010s Tumblr. —Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024

If not for the sounds of ATMs dinging in the background, the branches’ auditorium-style classes would feel more like startup incubators than banks. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024

The first burst on Tuesday — a critical read on activity within the jobs market — showed that the once too-tight labor market is starting to look more like its pre-pandemic days. —Alicia Wallace, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024

Past actions Unlike Chipotle, McDonald’s has long had a stellar food-safety reputation, which makes this occurrence seem more like an anomaly than an issue with its overall system. —Beth Kowitt, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024