not dissimilar

idiom

: not different : similar

A not dissimilar situation has occurred overseas.

The question is not dissimilar to one asked earlier.

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The tension is not dissimilar from the dynamic between Washington's Scandal character Olivia Pope, Goldwyn's President Fitzgerald and Foley's Jake Ballard. —

Catherine Santino, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 That confusion and uncertainty between streamer distribution models is not dissimilar from what George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jon Watts are going through with Apple on Wolfs. —

Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024 Landry Jones carries the film with a watchful caution not dissimilar to seeing history whoosh past his eyes. —

Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024 The rhetoric is not dissimilar from that of most reader responses to any mention of Republicans or MAGA supporters. —

Michael Bernick, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for not dissimilar

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