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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Such are the attendant challenges of the fall calendar, when the only sportscaster whose schedule makes Mike Tirico look like an agoraphobe yo-yos his way across the map and on to the next NHL, NFL or MLB game.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The mini libraries, part of the Kendra Scott Foundation, are yellow bookcases loaded with stories about kids from all backgrounds, to encourage childhood literacy in all kids — but especially those who don't usually see people who look like them in typical library books.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
To the public eye, this might look like scientists are succumbing to groupthink and an unreasonable resistance to any new ideas.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
The San Francisco 49ers certainly don't look like their normal selves.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The mini libraries, part of the Kendra Scott Foundation, are yellow bookcases loaded with stories about kids from all backgrounds, to encourage childhood literacy in all kids — but especially those who don't usually see people who look like them in typical library books.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
To the public eye, this might look like scientists are succumbing to groupthink and an unreasonable resistance to any new ideas.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
The San Francisco 49ers certainly don't look like their normal selves.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Look like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20like. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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