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and the like

ADJECTIVE
et cetera
Synonyms
WEAK
along with others and on and on and others and so forth and so on and the rest blah-blah-blah whatever whatnot

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Welcome to the world of financialization, in which profit is made through fees, stock buybacks, complex derivatives, and the like rather than through investment in production and services.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

That this curiosity translates to cold, hard cash is fantastic news in the streaming era, when Netflix, Hulu and the like have all but annihilated the theatrical mid-budget film.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

There was a Department of Labor request for information for how religious groups applying for grants and the like to work with the department are being unfairly treated.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

“Now isn’t the moment to lecture our partners and allies,” he said, anticipating the normal European complaints about international law and the like.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Adah did weird, morbid things for her hope chest, black borders on cloth napkins and the like, which exhausted our mother.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.