something like

ADVERB

virtually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically essentially nearly practically

WEAK

around as good as effectually for all intents and purposes fundamentally give or take a little guesstimate implicitly in all but name in effect in essence in substance in the ballpark in the neighborhood morally not absolutely not actually upwards of

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That comparison might sound hyperbolic since Vietnam was a 20-year meat-grinder of a war that cost the lives of more than 50,000 Americans and something like 3.5 million Vietnamese, both troops and civilians.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

“Normally the market would not want to see something like that,” Bohne said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

“I don’t think something like this has happened at a scale or a speed like this probably ever, and certainly not under active wartime conditions,” Driscoll said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Citi expects a new Siri app to resemble something like OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot while also serving as an AI assistant across applications on Apple’s operating systems.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

To the left and rising higher were willows and brush, which made something like a wall next to the trail.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

something like

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