similar a

similar a
= akin to, of the type, along the lines of, to the effect of
Ex. I personally believe that something akin to what happened to pocket calculators is going to happen to microform readers.
Ex. Short abstracts comprising only one or two sentences, for instance, may be valuable in commercial information services, or local government news-sheets of the type produced by public libraries.
Ex. The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.
Ex. When a speaker's time is up, make it clear by rising and saying words to the effect of 'Thank you very much. That's all the time you have'.
* * *
= akin to, of the type, along the lines of, to the effect of

Ex: I personally believe that something akin to what happened to pocket calculators is going to happen to microform readers.

Ex: Short abstracts comprising only one or two sentences, for instance, may be valuable in commercial information services, or local government news-sheets of the type produced by public libraries.
Ex: The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.
Ex: When a speaker's time is up, make it clear by rising and saying words to the effect of 'Thank you very much. That's all the time you have'.


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