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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But then, in a Rube Goldberg chain of events not dissimilar to the plot of Calypso’s pop-up book, the couple who had been planning to buy the house fall in love with another property, and back out of the deal. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024

Luggage patches not dissimilar to the ones stickers spotted on Turner’s case emerged in the 1900s, where they were typically offered by grand, palatial hotels such as the Hotel Sole in Palermo, Italy; or the Hotel Europa in Costa Rica. —Leah Dolan, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024

Rachel wore the bold red shade 999 in a velvet finish, a hue not dissimilar from the florals adorning the room. —Rachel Besser, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024

One tier will have advertising at a lower price, higher price with no ads, and then even higher price with the highest video quality, more concurrent streams, more downloads, not dissimilar to the way that Netflix has broken out their packages. —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024

The lagoon's ecosystem faces threats from tourism and local development, not dissimilar to the tales of Tulum and Playa del Carmen. —Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024

These are built in two pieces through a laborious process of laying down composite materials, not dissimilar to papier-mâché. —Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2023

Grande also dances in her video (surprise!), doing a Fosse-esque routine in an outfit not dissimilar to Abdul’s—kitten heels and all. —José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024

However, to be clear, lots of boomers entered the housing market in the 1980s, when mortgage rates peaked at roughly 18% as Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker attempted to lower inflation, which reached 14% (not dissimilar to last year’s housing market). —Alena Botros, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2023