as in similarities
a point which two or more things share in common
I see a family resemblance between you and your brother
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Recent Examples of resemblances
Floods, tricksters, battles with monsters, creation and apocalypse—sometimes the resemblances are uncanny.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 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
Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 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
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The election bears some similarities to New York City’s, with both Fateh and Zohran Mamdani as 30-something, Muslim, Democratic Socialists who have proposed rent stabilization policies.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Wadisuchus kassabi is both a new species and the first member of a new genus, or group of species that share physical similarities and an evolutionary line.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Resemblances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resemblances. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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