something/anything of the kind

noun phrase

: something like the person or thing mentioned
I'd like to go to a movie or a concert, or something of the kind.
often used in negative statements
He said I hung up on him, but I never did anything of the kind!
This technology is completely new. I've never seen anything of the kind before.

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To that end, LocalThunk has made the game specifically not about actual gambling, or microtransactions, or anything of the kind. Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024 Few artists of the period were doing anything of the kind. Margalit Fox, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024

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“Something/anything of the kind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%2Fanything%20of%20the%20kind. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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