similarly

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Recent Examples of similarly Follow-up testing found that the street drugs contained high levels of N-methylclonazepam, a benzodiazepine that operates similarly to Xanax or Valium. Scott Maucione, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026 DoorDash similarly boasted recently of cost-savings from using Chinese AI models for some of its work, and last week became the latest company to get a letter from US House committees requesting information about its use of Chinese tech. J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026 While her other records have similarly spread across genre lines, Blue Island is especially ambitious and expansive. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 If Anthropic’s tests fell, outside measures have similarly reached their limit. Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 The incident comes just weeks after Richie was similarly forced to postpone two shows after becoming dizzy during a performance in Minnesota in June. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 Countless veterans whom Perry had gotten to know had experienced similarly stark recoveries after exhausting conventional treatments for brain injuries and trauma, and turning to ibogaine. Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026 The group similarly filed as an independent-expenditure only group (or super PAC). Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026 The smaller-scale variant of the world’s game is played on a hard court roughly nine times smaller than a regulation FIFA soccer field, with similarly small goals and a downsized ball. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for similarly
Adverb
  • Ormund, cc’d on the mass raven about Aegon’s return from the dead, also decides to stay the course.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The floods also devastated livestock, with large numbers of cattle lost, dealing a blow to rural communities and raising concerns about disease outbreaks.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • In doing so, the plaintiffs argued, the OCC is acting beyond the powers given to the agency.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The man, wearing blue jeans, a black T-shirt and a pink hat, initially dropped the hammer when told to do so by the officers.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Similarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/similarly. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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