not unlike

idiom

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

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The relationship between a barber and their client is not unlike one between a therapist and a patient, or a priest and a parishioner. Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2025 The snow is gone, temperatures are rising, and the survivors have settled into a community not unlike a nature reserve that recalls the folk horrors of The Wicker Man and Apostle. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025 Durant is 36 but, not unlike LeBron James, remains time-defying elite. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025 The 2017 Tubbs Fire incinerated nearly 37,000 acres, marking the start of a new era of disasters for the state not unlike the one currently ravaging Los Angeles. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025 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 25 Mar. 2025.

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