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Recent Examples of unlike In this sense, artificial intelligence remains quite unlike, and less capable than, human intelligence. Rob Toews, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 This view is unlike to carry much weight with younger MAGA fans. U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 The cool thing is that unlike fMRI, MEG can record the brain in near-real time. Celia Ford, Vox, 19 Feb. 2025 Made of a gold-silver alloy called electrum, one coin was exactly like another—unlike, say, cattle. IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012 See All Example Sentences for unlike
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlike
Adjective
  • These gains appeared across different growing conditions.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That's because nudity can take on drastically different meanings.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Recognizing the value of diverse skills, creating mutual trust, and deliberately building team cohesion are lessons every executive can apply on Earth.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The United States became more demographically diverse, and fewer people were married from 2023 to 2024.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While giants like Diageo and Pernod Ricard dominate volumes, smaller distilleries like Torabhaig are carving out space by leaning into provenance, limited releases, and distinctive house styles.
    Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • At least with this latest batch of iPhones, Apple has made those options much more distinctive and has finally brought some interesting physical variety to the market.
    Bob O’Donnell, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After the very recent birth of their child, Un has taken a break from the all-consuming demands of restaurateuring to attend to the entirely distinct all-consuming demands of early parenthood.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • After monitoring them for two years, the researchers directly observed the birth of two different species of males with distinct genomes from a single queen.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.
    Richard Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Kirk’s path to national prominence was unlike that of other MAGA icons.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Unlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlike. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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