look like
idiom
: 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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The other main resource is Scrap, and these look like purple Bismuth crystals.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The third great reordering of the global economy is an opportunity to imagine what a better trade system could look like.
—Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Well, now imagine what that would look like from about 250 miles above.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Mesfin grew up consuming that same media, watching athletes who didn’t look like him in between paddle outs around St. Augustine, Florida.
—Kade Krichko, Outside, 19 Aug. 2025
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The third great reordering of the global economy is an opportunity to imagine what a better trade system could look like.
—Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Well, now imagine what that would look like from about 250 miles above.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Mesfin grew up consuming that same media, watching athletes who didn’t look like him in between paddle outs around St. Augustine, Florida.
—Kade Krichko, Outside, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Look like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20like. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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