not dissimilar
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: not different : similar
A not dissimilar situation has occurred overseas.
The question is not dissimilar to one asked earlier.
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The aesthetic is not dissimilar from Dunne’s approach to style.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 July 2025
The structure is not dissimilar from a classic episode of another FX comedy-drama hybrid, Atlanta, where Paper Boi’s attempt to get a haircut from his favorite barber led him on an odyssey of crime and misfortune.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
Love Island as a concept is not dissimilar from a racy boy-girl party for eighth-graders, and every challenge is some variation on spin the bottle.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 4 June 2025
In truth, this is not dissimilar from what Chelsea already have in the form of Nicolas Jackson.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 July 2025
The structure is not dissimilar from a classic episode of another FX comedy-drama hybrid, Atlanta, where Paper Boi’s attempt to get a haircut from his favorite barber led him on an odyssey of crime and misfortune.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
Love Island as a concept is not dissimilar from a racy boy-girl party for eighth-graders, and every challenge is some variation on spin the bottle.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 4 June 2025
In truth, this is not dissimilar from what Chelsea already have in the form of Nicolas Jackson.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for not dissimilar
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“Not dissimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20dissimilar. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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