not unlike

idiom

: similar to
Its texture is not unlike that of oatmeal.

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Muscles aching from the weight of each 55-pound projectile, the repetition, the heat, Fernandez lost track of himself, too busy to think, too scared to stop, not unlike his time in the ring up against any another flyweight. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 The all-important litmus test, of course, is trying out the song in front of an audience — not unlike a standup comedian trying out new material. Josh Weiss, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 There's even a small hovering robot, not unlike Ghost in Destiny 2, that follows the player around. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 What's more, the planet doesn't appear to have formed from a flat disc of dust and gas – the process that gave planets in our solar system an alignment not unlike a flat pancake. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for not unlike 

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“Not unlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20unlike. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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