look like
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: to have an appearance that is very similar to (someone or something) : to resemble (someone or something)
You look just like your mother!
That powdered sugar looks like snow.
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All-matching furniture sets and rooms that look like pages from a catalog have long been falling out of favor.
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Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
Hard plastic or rubber toys will be bacteria-free and look like new after a trip through the dishwasher.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 Jan. 2026
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The project's architect, Shalom Baranes, joined other construction and White House officials in presenting a detailed plan to the commission Thursday about what the new ballroom would look like.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Joycatch Stretchy Wide-Leg Pants Go for a look like Garner’s in these charcoal gray, wide-leg pants with a pull-on waistband and single-reverse pleats.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
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Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
Hard plastic or rubber toys will be bacteria-free and look like new after a trip through the dishwasher.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 Jan. 2026
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The project's architect, Shalom Baranes, joined other construction and White House officials in presenting a detailed plan to the commission Thursday about what the new ballroom would look like.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Joycatch Stretchy Wide-Leg Pants Go for a look like Garner’s in these charcoal gray, wide-leg pants with a pull-on waistband and single-reverse pleats.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Look like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20like. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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