as in resemblances
a point which two or more things share in common
the only similarity between this project and the last one is that both will involve some lab work
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Recent Examples of similarities
But while their games have some similarities, their personalities on the court are polar opposites.
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Colby Gordon, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
But that’s where their similarities end.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 Mar. 2026
Unexpected similarities with East African fossils The team then compared it with other great apes and with other Australopithecus specimens.
—Margherita Bassi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Samsung further refined the Ultra, boosting its visual similarities.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
When asked last week about similarities to the 2021 building effort, Tobin didn’t care to dive back into those details.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
But that's where the similarities end.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
This case bears close similarities to the trials of James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose then-15-year-old son killed four students in 2021 at his high school in Oxford, Michigan.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
Despite surface-level similarities, Matyushev pushed back on the idea that JetZero is a direct competitor.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Colby Gordon, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
But that’s where their similarities end.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 Mar. 2026
Unexpected similarities with East African fossils The team then compared it with other great apes and with other Australopithecus specimens.
—Margherita Bassi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Samsung further refined the Ultra, boosting its visual similarities.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
When asked last week about similarities to the 2021 building effort, Tobin didn’t care to dive back into those details.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
But that's where the similarities end.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
This case bears close similarities to the trials of James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose then-15-year-old son killed four students in 2021 at his high school in Oxford, Michigan.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
Despite surface-level similarities, Matyushev pushed back on the idea that JetZero is a direct competitor.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for similarities
resemblances
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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
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For all the resemblances between the ancient incarceration system and our own, the differences are real.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Similarities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/similarities. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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