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Recent Examples of dissimilar Beyond the most basic genre-crossing surface similarities, these two records could hardly be more dissimilar in their ambitions and how they’ve been received by radio, critics and different subsets of fans. Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024 What To Watch This Weekend: New Shows And Movies To Stream On Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV And More In fact, the ability to well in the realm of love is not too dissimilar to that required to do well in your career, as there are many clear parallels between love and work. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 Between the lines: Reading not only improves cognition, but also self-esteem and empathy when finding stories both similar and dissimilar to our own, studies show. Marina E. Franco (noticias Telemundo For Axios), Axios, 12 Dec. 2024 Their approach in attack was not too dissimilar to Manchester City, with runners on the left and traditional crossers on the right. Mark Carey, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dissimilar 
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Adjective
  • There’s room to coexist because Hollywood delivers different content, but caution remains about what will and will not work.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In a different video, TikToker Gabriella Rose lugs a suitcase down a snowy sidewalk, back to the camera.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s why The Power Pause features diverse stories of stay-at-home mothers who defy these stereotypes.
    Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In addition to being enshrined as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019, Vatnajökull National Park was recently named one of the most important geologic sites on the planet by the International Geological Union, thanks to its diverse, otherworldly landscapes that have been shaped by fire and ice.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • His distinctive dance moves quickly went viral— the dance looks like someone standing in place and pumping their arms back and forth, as if trying to dry their back with an invisible towel.
    Phil Harrell, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
  • In some ways, because of their ability to secure bigger hits and Goosebumps’ multigenerational focus, the anthology series acts as a period piece and time capsule, sonically capturing two distinctive moments and their music trends.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The movements Obama and Trump inspired were quite distinct.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Very bold colors—a long, bright orange hallway—and wacky costumes like Harvey’s floral suits, to give the film a strident, distinct look and feel.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Dissimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimilar. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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