not dissimilar
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: not different : similar
A not dissimilar situation has occurred overseas.
The question is not dissimilar to one asked earlier.
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Kurt’s situation was unique to him but not dissimilar to what was starting to happen when young people get really successful and lose track of things.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
Coming from Australia, as Edgerton does, is not dissimilar to those characters in the Pacific Northwest.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
But Soria’s regime is not dissimilar to that of any other climber.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
So McCabe was born there, but perhaps because he was born very distant from those who shared his skin tone—not dissimilar from Moses in the Bible, who was born with a certain level of privilege and access to proximity to power.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
Coming from Australia, as Edgerton does, is not dissimilar to those characters in the Pacific Northwest.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
But Soria’s regime is not dissimilar to that of any other climber.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
So McCabe was born there, but perhaps because he was born very distant from those who shared his skin tone—not dissimilar from Moses in the Bible, who was born with a certain level of privilege and access to proximity to power.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for not dissimilar
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“Not dissimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20dissimilar. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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