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the like

A phrase said at the end of a list as a way to include other non-specific things that are similar to what is being enumerated. I love living on a farm and growing my own tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and the like. Since she wants to be an actress, she's taking acting classes, voice lessons, and the like.
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'If the likes are authentic and the engagement is real, it's okay to show the number of likes,' says PR practitioner Treena Tecson.
Which is why Santos thinks hiding the likes could make a difference.
Accordingly, the NAD determined that Coastal, in fact, had the general social endorsement that the likes conveyed, and there was no likelihood that consumers would be misled by Coastal's number of Facebook likes.
As a born, bread and buttered Bootle Buck I would like to point out that the vast majority of "the likes of us" in both our post codes (L30 &L20); couldn't give a flying fig to being associated with the "likes of " Mr Ball and it is we in Bootle who wish to leave Sefton.
The "likes of you" may have to fend for themselves for once if "the likes of us" from Bootle (from Switch Island to the docks) get our way and who would you sponge off then?
The novel became a hot Hollywood property when it was published by Random House in 1992, drawing interest from the likes of Barbra Streisand, Jodie Foster, and Garth Brooks.
But from another angle, Rattenkonig's figural, representational aspect clarifies the obvious but unhappy kinship of Pop and Minimalism (unhappy, at least, for the likes of Donald Judd and Carl Andre; doubt that Andy would have cared).
His fame transcended sport and the song "The Likes Of Heffo's Army" still echoes around Croker on big match days for the Dubs.
The likes of Heffo's Army may well be seen again, but the likes of Heffo himself will not.
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