not unlike

phrase

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

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During the Knicks’ victory parade, the undulating downtown crowd looked, from afar, not unlike a school of tropical clown fish. Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 3 July 2026 Advertisement The journalists Crystal Eastman and Randolph Bourne argued similarly amid the nativism and nationalism of the First World War, a time not unlike our own. Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026 Around 90 were built, but the vast majority were race cars, like this example, competing in a spec series not unlike the Porsche Cup or Ferrari Challenge that toured French circuits and lasted four seasons. Adam Ismail, The Drive, 2 July 2026 Ward imagines a space inside a space, not unlike the custom tents and custom builds popular in luxury weddings right now (one tent took five days to assemble and recreate a Greek Orthodox church, Vogue reported). Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 1 July 2026 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 14 Jul. 2026.

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