and stuff

idiom

informal

—used in speech to refer to things that are similar to the thing just mentioned

They asked me about my plans for the future and stuff.

The store sells TVs and stereos and stuff (like that).

Examples of and stuff in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The interesting thing for me was we used to pick up the lawyers and the doctors and the accountants and the dentists and stuff. —

Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 May 2024 Part of what’s important in that time and before is to break these barriers of standard genres — painting and sculpture and stuff like that — and treat them as ordinary objects, questioning the received or accepted technical strategies. —

Adam Bradley, New York Times, 16 May 2024 There’s important wiring and stuff up there that takes precedence over a little extra light. —

Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024 All of these police cars and police tape and stuff. —

Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024 How much extra precision do all those fans and stuff give you? —

IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2024 Advancements come, and stuff that was once cutting-edge rapidly approaches the rear-view mirror. —

Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024 So locally, there’s a big scene of local gyms and stuff. —

Allison Dikanovic, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024 And that doesn’t include bills and food, and stuff like that. —

Natasha Chen, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024

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