Thesaurus results for RESEMBLES

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 Standing at 63 meters and featuring a five-meter-wide payload fairing, the rocket itself somewhat resembles SpaceX’s partially reusable workhorse Falcon 9, which is seven meters taller but has a similarly sized fairing. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 July 2026 Platner admitted getting a tattoo on his chest that resembles a Nazi symbol. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026 The attraction is set within Rancho de la Tormenta Plaza, a brand-new immersive land that resembles an old and secluded Spanish village. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 According to Chu and her team, the idea resembles the strings of a guitar. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026 While the Topolino resembles a small car such as the Fiat 500, the EV is actually a quadricycle that functions more like a golf cart. — Steve Sedgwick,leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 July 2026 This transition resembles what happens inside rapidly scaling companies. — Vitalii Mikhailov, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Add shortening and continue cutting in until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal with butter bits no larger than small peas. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 But the combination of a lingering marine heat wave and a strengthening El Niño resembles the conditions that preceded widespread disruptions to fisheries, marine mammals and seabirds along California and the West Coast. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 July 2026

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Her handmaiden points out that a sword contradicts her message of peace and suggests instead a chain.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
If Congress does nothing, research suggests, retirees will see a 28% cut in monthly benefits.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of suggests

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Washington still approaches Africa country by country, while Africa is organizing itself as a continental market.

— Daniele Nyirandutiye, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
As the 16th anniversary of their July 13, 2010 nuptials approaches, the now-52-year-old Penelope Cruz tells People that even now, the mystery between the couple is alive and well.

— Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 5 July 2026

Definition of approaches

Verb

Call your bank immediately, ask for the department that handles wire recalls, and tell them to try to reverse the transaction.

— Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Jam recalls that while Michael wasn’t present when Janet’s other brothers gathered for a first listen of the album, its influence eventually reached him in profound ways.

— Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of recalls

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Mary appears to have a form of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, until chemotherapy, following a diagnosis of lymphoma, banishes her psychiatric symptoms.

— Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
This appears to be one of Kyiv's deepest attacks on Russian territory since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of appears

Verb

And, as the country and its people begin to piece together the full toll of the destruction amid the rubble, the notion of playing baseball seems absurd in the wake of such tragedy.

— Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
But Rhaenyra seems happy enough handing out bread and basking in the smallfolk’s love.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

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