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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To keep food where it's supposed to be, the oven comes with a cooking rack not dissimilar to the ones campers use to cook fish.
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New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
The Bills’ pass rush played a major role Sunday, not dissimilar to the way the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles were able to beat Mahomes in his two Super Bowl losses.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
The Bills’ pass rush played a major role Sunday, not dissimilar to the way the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles were able to beat Mahomes in his two Super Bowl losses.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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“Not dissimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20dissimilar. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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