1
as in resemblance
the quality or state of having many qualities in common
the similarity between the two essays is too great to be coincidental—one author virtually copied the other
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as in commonality
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 similarity
Falk doesn’t want to compare Jordan and Clark, but acknowledged there are similarities given their popularity and importance to their respective eras.
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
Phoebe Bridgers [told me] there is a real similarity to the middle-aged male brain and the adolescent teenage girl brain.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
Although there was not a theme, there were some similarities in the students’ imaginative visions such as dystopian futures, according to RISD’s Apparel Design department head Gwen van den Eijnde.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
Each image is then converted into a compact biometric template—a mathematical representation of your facial features—and a similarity score is generated to confirm a match.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2025
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
Phoebe Bridgers [told me] there is a real similarity to the middle-aged male brain and the adolescent teenage girl brain.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
Although there was not a theme, there were some similarities in the students’ imaginative visions such as dystopian futures, according to RISD’s Apparel Design department head Gwen van den Eijnde.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
Each image is then converted into a compact biometric template—a mathematical representation of your facial features—and a similarity score is generated to confirm a match.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for similarity
resemblance
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For a royal family that has often been criticized for being out of touch, this is a great look, and proof that perhaps William’s resemblance to his mother goes beyond his features.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
2 June 2025
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New York’s start bears resemblance to the 2023 Aces.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Similarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/similarity. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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