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
As such, there are certain similarities with erring politicians who some believe become undone by a mixture of various traits that tends not to exist in the wider population.
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Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
MacNeal sees some similarities between running a business and running a football program.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Comparisons to Jackson have dogged Bieber since the start of his career given some similarities in their voices and the general boyishness that continues to define the latter.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The distance coincidentally matches the length of Elizabeth’s walk, but there are other similarities, too.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Such similarities are examples of convergent evolution, when species that are not closely related evolve to have similar traits.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
While official specifications remain limited, the CJ-1000 is believed to share design similarities with the DF-100, unveiled in 2019, and is estimated to have a range of several thousand kilometers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Getting Spot to nail a triple backflip, on a practical level, actually shares some similarities with training a real dog.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
These similarities tend to include cultural tastes.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
MacNeal sees some similarities between running a business and running a football program.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Comparisons to Jackson have dogged Bieber since the start of his career given some similarities in their voices and the general boyishness that continues to define the latter.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The distance coincidentally matches the length of Elizabeth’s walk, but there are other similarities, too.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Such similarities are examples of convergent evolution, when species that are not closely related evolve to have similar traits.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
While official specifications remain limited, the CJ-1000 is believed to share design similarities with the DF-100, unveiled in 2019, and is estimated to have a range of several thousand kilometers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Getting Spot to nail a triple backflip, on a practical level, actually shares some similarities with training a real dog.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
These similarities tend to include cultural tastes.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for similarities
resemblances
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Some of these ancient microbes show strong resemblances to modern pathogens.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Similarities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/similarities. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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