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Discover LudwigThe phrase "the like of" is correct and usable in written English.
It typically means "the type of" or "the kind of" and can be used in a variety of contexts to refer to a similar thing or person. For example, you could say "The like of him are rare," or "I have never seen the like of it."
Exact(55)
I can't remember the like of it.
Frames & mountings for spectacles/goggles or the like, of mats.
We won't see the like of those days again.
Have we seen the like of the Mazda 6 before?
Never saw the like of it," Da says.
East London has never seen the like of it.
Similar(5)
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Hadden described them beforehand as a quartet 'the like of which the French will not have come across before'.
Frames & mountings for spectacles/goggles/the like, of materials other than plastics is a 6 digit HS07 product.
Looking to buy or sell Frames & mountings for spectacles/goggles/the like, of materials other than plastics?
But they were opaque to the full clientèle professors, students, alumni, trustees, donors and the like of the institutions.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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