not unlike

idiom

: similar to
Its texture is not unlike that of oatmeal.

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General Yasuda’s original concern was not unlike that of Leo Szilard and George Thomson—the general was worried about supplies of uranium ore. Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025 The anger expressed in his music was not unlike Eminem, whose brash internal frustrations with masculinity fueled the most brilliant and simultaneously violent, misogynistic, and homophobic music of his career. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 In Puscifer, any idea can totally change without any preciousness, and everybody is on board — not unlike an insane asylum. Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025 As its title implies, Boston Blue finds Danny joining the Boston Police Department, where he's paired with Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), a detective who comes from a law enforcement family not unlike his own in New York City. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for not unlike

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“Not unlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20unlike. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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