not unlike

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

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The iterative invention process made headlines for crashes, not unlike the ones autonomous vehicles are making now, with 3,979 incidents involving autonomous vehicles from 2019 to 2024, 10% of which resulted in injuries. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025 From the outside world, people can look at them as a think tank that deals with the supernatural, not unlike how the CIA has always had a department that dealt with UFOs. Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025 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 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 11 Nov. 2025.

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