not unlike

idiom

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

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As its title implies, Boston Blue finds Danny joining the Boston Police Department, where he's paired with Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green), a detective who comes from a law enforcement family not unlike his own in New York City. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025 Advertisement The Diplomat thrives on a constant flurry of dialogue—not unlike The West Wing, where Cahn began her writing career and Janney also featured prominently—with the pacing moving at a rapid clip. Barry Levitt, Time, 16 Oct. 2025 The Schuyler sisters and their friends, not unlike European heads of state, knew that intimate alliances cemented political ones. Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 So began a campaign that fused blunt political messaging with bighearted moving images—a sensibility not unlike that of Nair’s films. Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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