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
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.
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Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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
All broccoli varieties have similarities, but each is distinct in appearance, flavor profile, and nutritional benefits.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Obsessed anglers who lived in Key West, and whose fiction sometimes gravitates toward horses, blood sports, and male protagonists with a masculine swagger counterbalanced by a certain reflective, existentialist temperament—the similarities between the two are obvious, yet go only so far.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Despite the nearly identical nature of her pen name and the name of the conversion therapist, the author said similarities between the two were purely coincidental.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
And similarities are emerging among these powerful hurricanes’ behavior and timing, too.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
McCullough also noted the similarities between his and his father's football careers.
—Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Instead, Takaichi’s strengths, Nagy says, would be playing against Ishiba’s weaknesses and highlighting her own similarities to Trump.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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
All broccoli varieties have similarities, but each is distinct in appearance, flavor profile, and nutritional benefits.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Obsessed anglers who lived in Key West, and whose fiction sometimes gravitates toward horses, blood sports, and male protagonists with a masculine swagger counterbalanced by a certain reflective, existentialist temperament—the similarities between the two are obvious, yet go only so far.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Despite the nearly identical nature of her pen name and the name of the conversion therapist, the author said similarities between the two were purely coincidental.
—Quispe López, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
And similarities are emerging among these powerful hurricanes’ behavior and timing, too.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
McCullough also noted the similarities between his and his father's football careers.
—Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Instead, Takaichi’s strengths, Nagy says, would be playing against Ishiba’s weaknesses and highlighting her own similarities to Trump.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for similarities
resemblances
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Floods, tricksters, battles with monsters, creation and apocalypse—sometimes the resemblances are uncanny.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Similarities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/similarities. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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