not unlike

idiom

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

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Over time, natural latex will slowly shape itself to your main sleeping position in a process that's not unlike what memory foam does, except over years instead of seconds. Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024 In the view of one of his old friends, Vance, in becoming a national figure, has also become more thin-skinned, not unlike many of the tech titans who support him. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Culkin, 42, has made his career portraying boys, teenagers, and now adult men not unlike himself: hyperverbose and stubborn, skin-of-their-teeth charming, effortlessly funny, irascible and self-lacerating. Rachel Handler, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024 The concept is heavy-handed, and taken individually, these ideas seem shallow, not unlike some of Persona’s bigger statements that get left undeveloped. Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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