resembles

verb

present tense third-person singular of resemble
as in suggests
to look or be like (someone or something) He strongly resembles his father in appearance and in temperament. Terrier dogs closely resemble each other.

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Recent Examples of resembles The cycle resembles the advantage that large internet platforms built from clicks, searches and social activity. — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 This cami has a more modest design than the silk version but still resembles Alba’s style. — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 Perennially frail, sick, and gaunt, the ambient guitar composer had devoted his life to a sprawling catalog, some 40 albums wide, that resembles a matchstick model of paradise. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026 The proposal resembles one outlined last week by Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, who will be meeting with policymakers in Washington this week to lobby for his vision. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 The rhetoric resembles nothing more than the frothing tone of masculinity influencers in the online manosphere, with its strict but arbitrary standards for what makes a man a man. — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 That shape, whose contour resembles both an indecipherable ideogram and a flat asymmetrical spaceship, shows Parsons’s inventive side. — John Yau, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026 The projection of scale is indeed smaller now, but this album rollout so far mostly resembles … a regular album rollout. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 July 2026 This body cream is soon to become a bathroom fave, and not just because of its irresistibly fruity, floral fragrance that resembles Marc Jacobs Perfect Eau de Parfum. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resembles
  1. suggests
  2. feels
  3. approaches
  4. recalls
  5. appears
  6. seems
  7. looks
Verb
  • Nevertheless, its early growth suggests Mansell has identified an audience that is eager not just to engage, but to organize, and the conversations taking place inside that WhatsApp group may prove as valuable as its membership fees.
    — Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Emerging evidence suggests fluctuations in estrogen levels can exacerbate symptoms of ADHD, and perimenopause might be a particularly vulnerable time.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 26 July 2026
Definition of suggests
Verb
  • For many holders, paying with Bitcoin still feels less like using money and more like selling an appreciating asset.
    — Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The image of Tessarion chained in the sept in Tumbleton feels quite emblematic of his own internal experience.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 July 2026
Definition of feels
Verb
  • Mars’s latest solo collection rockets, in some instances, 80 spaces or more and approaches the highest tier on the Official Albums Sales, Official Physical Albums and Official Album Downloads charts.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • If Babcock approaches last year’s numbers (318 minutes, when Kris Knoblauch was head coach), Edmonton would be wise to add another centre with skill.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of approaches
Verb
  • MacLeod recalls a conversation with one line worker who wanted to turn to Starlink.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
  • News of egg and blueberry recalls, plus an investigation into a new, separate cyclospora outbreak, has not helped.
    — Lisa Cuchara, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
Definition of recalls
Verb
  • The building appears to be still in the framing stage with workers making adjustments to the concrete pylons as cars zip past.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
  • Discovered by Apple’s community on Reddit, on highlighting text, a small pop-up appears with contextual options including rewrite and proofread, edit with Siri or various summarizing options.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of appears
Verb
  • All of which is to say, the loyalty of both Ulf and Hugh seems tenuous at best at this point, and neither Rhaenyra or Daemon seem the least bit concerned.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • What's more, that hostility that led lawmakers in Indianapolis to kill state funding for public broadcasting no longer seems carved in stone.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 26 July 2026
Definition of seems
Verb
  • In only a handful of generations some populations have begun evolving resistance, and the crash many expected to end in the extinction of the species now looks more like an uneasy coexistence.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • There’s a collective anticipation as the audience looks toward the stage.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of looks

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