ilk
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But it seems that the general idea that the team needed someone of that ilk never went away, and it's easy to see why.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Vaudeville memory acts used it; Mr. Dylan is of their ilk, working the same stages in a slightly different branch of entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Oliveros’ deep listening and that of other composers of her environmental ilk, particularly the atmospherically ethereal sound worlds of Annea Lockwood, were made for Ojai.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
Interest in AI has levitated shares of Nvidia, Broadcom, and their ilk, but also stoked fresh fears of an AI bubble.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
That, perhaps, is a lesson for history, and I'll leave such decisions to Jack and his ilk while I try belatedly to study the lesson of my own life.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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