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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Miriam Sapiro, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
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Miriam Sapiro, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Cecilie Bahnsen’s Asics Mary Jane is ultramodern and childlike all at once, not dissimilar from the Danish designer’s line of romantic, frilly, and poofy, voluminous clothing.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 11 Aug. 2025
The aesthetic is not dissimilar from Dunne’s approach to style.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 July 2025
That’s not dissimilar from what happened in the TikTok case, where the justices — including the liberals — deviated from free-speech norms because they were panicked by concerns about China.
—Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 5 July 2025
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“Not dissimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20dissimilar. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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