resemblances

plural of resemblance

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Recent Examples of resemblances To make the resemblances convincing, Gethings recruited participants by complementing their standout features and promising to accentuate them with the help of hair and makeup stylists in a studio setting. Pat Mueller, USA Today, 30 May 2026 Most of the film’s other resemblances, of which there are many, prove less distressing. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026 The market cadence of the past few months has some uncomfortable resemblances to the early 2025 path leading up to that tariff-panic crescendo. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026 David Leach, the head of security, noted that a training program offered by the utility for technician jobs bears resemblances to Oakland’s cadet initiative. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026 For all the resemblances between the ancient incarceration system and our own, the differences are real. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025 Further investigation into a chalk underdrawing of ‘The Night Watch,’ using macro X-ray florescence scans, showed even more resemblances between the two dogs. Senay Boztas, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025 Some of these ancient microbes show strong resemblances to modern pathogens. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resemblances
similarities
Noun
  • Later, detectives learned about a case with similarities in Fort Myers, in which a victim claimed a man who offered cash for nude photos had tied him to a tree and attempted to strangle him.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Vertical Drama Love’s Cooper and social media users have pointed to the visual similarities between characters in DramaWave’s The Rise of the Lycan Queen and DramaBox’s Deny Me, Dragon King and actor Henry Cavill’s character in The Witcher.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Resemblances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resemblances. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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