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The phrase "a like means" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an attempt to convey a similar concept or method, but it is not a recognized expression.
Example: "We should consider using a like means to achieve our goals, but we need to clarify what that entails."
Alternatives: "similar method" or "comparable approach".
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Exactly what a "like" means — if anything — played a part in a case in Virginia involving six people who say Sheriff B. J. Roberts of Hampton fired them for supporting an opponent in his 2009 re-election bid, which he won.
However, with Facebook's advertising network, Facebook Exchange, which brought the first cookie-based retargeted ads to Facebook, Facebook can gain access to other signals about user behavior in order to better examine what a "like" means.
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Alice O'Kane, Jersey City It is frustrating that helping a person you like meant helping a company you don't.
However having a simple criteria like mean square criteria will weigh positive and negative deviations from the mean value as the same.
But they're willing to use words like "mean" about a comic's act?
A moving average evidences a trough-like "mean profile" curve (solid black line in Fig. 2).
"He had a mean look, like a mean grin.
But that's not what "Earth-like" means to an astronomer, at least, not yet.
It allows students to recognize that they can think like an artist, and that thinking like an artist means thinking like nobody else before you.
Having a child like Alice means I can't assert my authority as a parent.
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