like that

phrase

1
: of that kind
I love books like that.
2
: in that manner
Why does she talk like that?

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Players like that in world soccer are not a dime a dozen, right? — Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 And what happens to someone who’s been outed like that, as a fake? — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026 Robots don’t have a dataset like that for the physical world. — Amanda McMaster, Fortune, 30 June 2026 And of course watched on TV the tall ships in the harbor and stuff like that. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2026 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 7 Jul. 2026.

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