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adjective

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Recent Examples of alike
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Low-Quality Fixtures Finishes and fixtures—like faucets and lights, to door hardware and drawer pulls—might seem like an easy place to save on cost, but experts, designers, and Redditors alike often warn that cheap fixtures will quickly reveal their flaws. Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025 With temperatures dropping and a recent lake-effect rain flooding parts of the state near Lake Erie, meteorologists and almanacs alike are watching closely as Halloween approaches. Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Retail giants like Barnes & Noble, and publishers like Scholastic alike host summer reading programs for kids, while many libraries and bookstores across the country continue to spearhead their own. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 June 2025 Adaptability Is Key No two performances are alike because no two audiences are alike. Dr. Jen Donnell, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alike
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alike
Adverb
  • Her visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which its nearest neighbors see as an homage to Japan’s past wartime aggressions, have also angered both of those nations.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • They were also charged and arrested with crimes, from failing to do their duty to causing the conditions that led to the deaths of the men.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency is not so fortunate, said Renee Pertile, early childhood director at the agency.
    Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • This is why economists are so preoccupied with a country’s debt-to-GDP ratio, basically whether a country is growing enough to justify its borrowing, which is projected to spiral to 156% by 2055 according to the CBO.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With national debt now closing in on $38 trillion, Macquarie’s research found that since 2018, governments (irrespective of party) have added to the deficit at greater levels than the historical average under similar economic conditions.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The concept sells niches to hold urns, similar to buying a cemetery plot for a casket.
    Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • Chen Ming, a researcher at the Centre for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research and a co-author of the study, explained that the impact released energy equivalent to 600,000 tonnes of TNT – comparable to the destructive force of 40 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Intel's adjusted earnings of 23 cents per share was not comparable to analyst estimates.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • His first goal for Spain’s under-20s was similarly spectacular, starting the move against Mexico after an incisive pass into Virgili before sweeping into the far corner with an unstoppable first-time strike.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Regretting You is a similarly ridiculous and overwrought slice of melodrama, leavened with strange moments of comedy that leave you wondering if the whole thing isn’t some kind of bizarre art project, an elaborate, camp parody of the very notion of romantic literature itself.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • To affordably resolve the vast space between the Sun and the planets, researchers divide the space into large cubes—analogous to two-dimensional pixels in a camera.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Last year’s analogous doubleheader averaged just shy of 3 million viewers on TNT, which translates to an 87% lift for NBC’s coverage.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Oceans 11 star said that being in such close proximity to major stars taught him an important lesson early in his career.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But such is the lightning pace of Mbappe that he might be best placed dropping deeper during build-up before darting in-behind.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Alike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alike. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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