some kind/sort/type of
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—used to indicate that the speaker is referring to a range of items that could fit a description
I need some kind/sort/type of fastener.
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As someone with a shadowy undereye, and often experiencing some sort of hyperpigmentation, finding the best concealer was honestly my first entrance into makeup.
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
Researchers project one million Americans annually are going to develop some type of dementia by 2060.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of the untrusted content providing a simple instruction—for instance, to search an inbox for sensitive information and send it to the attacker—the untrusted content conditioned the instruction on the target performing some type of action.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
Somewhere along the way, the contest had picked up some sort of symbolic value, an understanding that the result would reflect the future of the Soviet Union as a whole.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
Researchers project one million Americans annually are going to develop some type of dementia by 2060.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of the untrusted content providing a simple instruction—for instance, to search an inbox for sensitive information and send it to the attacker—the untrusted content conditioned the instruction on the target performing some type of action.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
Somewhere along the way, the contest had picked up some sort of symbolic value, an understanding that the result would reflect the future of the Soviet Union as a whole.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Some kind/sort/type of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some%20kind%2Fsort%2Ftype%20of. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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