not unlike

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

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Courtesy of Wolf Wolf King Size Hybrid Mattress $1,099 Wolf California king mattresses are a bit longer than standard mattresses (not unlike the actual state of California). Julia Forbes, Wired News, 16 July 2025 To Cowan, the act of juggling three tennis balls is not unlike the physical sensation of a ball hitting a tennis racket or a runner’s foot striking the ground. Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 11 July 2025 Alex is great at managing the routine of her job (not unlike Michael Fassbender’s assassin in The Killer) and was almost hired to kill the Pope (hello, The Godfather Part III). Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2025 The overall silhouette resembles a hefty, blunt-nosed, high-riding, fastback coupe, not unlike the all-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre, which has been on sale for a couple of years. Brett Berk, Robb Report, 8 July 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 26 Jul. 2025.

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