like that
idiom
1
: of that kind
I love books like that.
2
: in that manner
Why does she talk like that?
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Only a bad person would ask a question like that, to be honest with you.
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ABC News, 13 July 2025
If a 3-ton truck like that is buried, Tillman thought, what else could be entombed at their feet?
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 July 2025
The Dodgers have constructed a lineup that, for months, has still made nights like that surmountable.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Sister Gail argues that working conditions like that wouldn’t be tolerated by anyone else.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
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ABC News, 13 July 2025
If a 3-ton truck like that is buried, Tillman thought, what else could be entombed at their feet?
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 July 2025
The Dodgers have constructed a lineup that, for months, has still made nights like that surmountable.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Sister Gail argues that working conditions like that wouldn’t be tolerated by anyone else.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for like that
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“Like that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20that. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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