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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a type of thing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when categorizing or describing something in a general way, often to indicate that it belongs to a broader category.
Example: "A smartphone is a type of thing that combines a mobile phone with a handheld computer."
Alternatives: "a kind of object" or "a category of item".
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(A sport is a type of thing).
As a type of thing they may be well understood but that's not necessarily cause for misery.
Gibson Glavin told CBC: "If there is a reasonable likelihood that the person receiving that threat should take it seriously, then that is a type of thing that could be considered to fall in the criminal realm".
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A profile is a set of characteristics or qualities that identify a type of behavior, thing, or person.
"It's an a cappella type of thing with wine and cheese.
He suspected, as he put it, that "the air was creating a situation, a slipstream type of thing".
"A lot of musicians aren't creative, but are good at doing a particular type of thing," she says, giving a guilty shrug.
Make cutting class an "every once in a while" type of thing.
Obviously an enema is not really a glove type of thing.
Those entities control the market, he said, and if they say no to a project, "you have to do a different type of thing".
This is an interesting thing, Mike, it's a solo type of thing.
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