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kind of

ADVERB
somewhat
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As a result, this kind of media will likely play a growing role in the manufacturing of online scandals, said Renée DiResta, a researcher who studies internet shame campaigns.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Bulgarian singer Dara has the night's best staging on Bangaranga - a nonsensical typhoon of tropical pop, based around a word from Jamaican patois that means "a joyful kind of disorder".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Johnston carries the film and the emotional core, but Navarrette delivers the kind of instantly classic horror turn that will surely traumatize Gen Z for years.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

These are the reasons why we have the 14th Amendment; it’s exactly the kind of thing the Constitution should prevent.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

That’s the kind of heat we were used to.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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