verisimilar

Definition of verisimilarnext

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Recent Examples of verisimilar Annie’s work thus far has been meticulously verisimilar, bordering on minimalist, with depopulated nurseries and studios built of balsa wood. Katherine Fusco, The Atlantic, 11 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verisimilar
Adjective
  • The flight instructor had more than 800 hours in total of civilian flight experience and had flown 140 hours in helicopters similar to the one that crashed.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The chamber is also backing another idea Mayor Vince Lago recently proposed — a plan to potentially charge commercial property owners across the Gables a beautification fee, except for those on Miracle Mile and Giralda, which already have a similar fee in place.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The robot was created by the AI robotics company Figure, one of the top companies in the burgeoning AI subindustry racing to create lifelike robots.
    Bruna Horvath, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In barely three years, AI has gone from a novelty that could write passable college essays to a technology that can generate lifelike video, clone human voices, and write software code so effectively that people with no programming experience are building apps on their own.
    Andrew Rasiej, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Pelle Larsson added 20 points and a career-high 10 rebounds for Miami (40-36), which kept some realistic hope of getting out of the play-in tournament range — or at least getting into one of the top two spots and therefore assuring itself two chances of making the playoffs — alive with the win.
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Beneficiaries auto‑renewed without reviewing plan changes Many people were automatically re‑enrolled in plans that later cut benefits or raised costs, leaving March 31 as their last realistic chance to mitigate financial damage for 2026.
    Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The Accommodations On Mustique, no two villas are alike.
    Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The rooms In the Agassiz mansion, no two rooms are alike.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Campbell’s script has both stylized and naturalistic dialogue, giving us a group of teens who feel painfully real in their inconsistency.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Masri’s drumming is lithe and spacious even at its most aggressive; just as Alcorn’s guitar slides move with a gravity-defying, naturalistic force, his attacks seem to sprout out of each other independently, emerging in thickets.
    H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Many of Mecklenburg County’s top officials make similar or better money than those doing comparable jobs in other parts of the state and country.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Dell’s total headcount fell roughly 10%, or about 11,000 employees, in fiscal 2026, according to its 10-K filing, which is the third consecutive year of comparable declines.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The public nuisance theory in the New Mexico case is designed to produce an analogous structural outcome for social media.
    Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Beitler sees scrolling on TikTok as analogous to surfing TV channels.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Dell Accessory Deals A new PC isn't much good without a matching input device, and this Big Spring Sale price drop on an Editors' Choice-winning gaming keyboard is too good to ignore.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
  • His girlfriend, Leona Alvarado, also 16 and from Georgia, wore a matching American flag dress and cape and cowboy boots.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026

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“Verisimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verisimilar. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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