as in also
in like manner
regulations that are disapproved of by teachers and students alike
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as in like
having qualities in common
all the houses in the neighborhood are alike in that they all have a one-car garage and a fenced-in backyard
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Recent Examples of alike
Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
Pro guidance is particularly valuable during holiday seasons when hosts and guests alike seek to elevate gatherings with the perfect wine selections.
—Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Devorah Lev-Tov, TIME, 25 July 2024
Their cases seemed eerily alike to a lot of people, including Arelie’s sisters.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 16 July 2024
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Adverb
Puerto Rico went dark on Wednesday after experiencing a massive power outage on the island impacting families, businesses and homes alike.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
Pro guidance is particularly valuable during holiday seasons when hosts and guests alike seek to elevate gatherings with the perfect wine selections.
—Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Its 69 rooms and suites feature floor-to-ceiling windows and some have private landscaped terraces with wooden trellises sparkling with lights, but no two rooms are alike.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, TIME, 25 July 2024
Their cases seemed eerily alike to a lot of people, including Arelie’s sisters.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 16 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alike
Adverb
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Harvard must also commit to cooperating in good faith with law enforcement.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Paramount is also awaiting FCC approval of a merger with Skydance, a deal the companies reached last year that remains pending.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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What are the most important experiences in your life so far?—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
23 Apr. 2025
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In doing so, they were buffered by other Spanish thinkers who took issue with las Casas’s arguments, primarily Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Wracked with guilt over Su-ho’s injuries, Si-eun enters Weak Hero Class 2 determined not to let another friend suffer a similar, gruesome fate.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
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Three other states – Louisiana, New Hampshire and Wyoming – have enacted similar laws in recent months.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If Villa prepare assiduously to burst out of the blocks at home, then the inverse is often true on the road, comparable to a marathon runner who is unsure of their durability in the last few miles.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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The past two comparable moves in this small-investor proxy, in November 2022 and March 2022, led to stiff near-term declines in the basket within weeks.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This is analogous to our preventative and detective cybersecurity tools.—
James Blake,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Efforts to deny the indigenous peoples of the Andes access to coca, as Smithsonian anthropologist Catherine Allen has written, are not analogous to outlawing, for example, beer in Germany, coffee in the Middle East, or betel chewing in India.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The interviewer then asked Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, if such statements undermine the Fed’s role as an apolitical institution.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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As such, Oklahoma City would host that series no matter who makes it out of the East.—
Nick Crain,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Alike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alike. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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