How to Use not dissimilar in a Sentence

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  • The robust and sporty profile is not dissimilar to a Range Rover, in fact.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
  • In a scene not dissimilar to what played out in Rio, Del Rey paused proceedings to start the search.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 May 2023
  • Rachel wore the bold red shade 999 in a velvet finish, a hue not dissimilar from the florals adorning the room.
    Rachel Besser, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Rather than a traditional liftgate for the hatch, the Pear will have a slide-down rear end not dissimilar to the Alaska’s midgate.
    WIRED, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, Ryan’s off-screen style is not dissimilar to her screen characters.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In that regard, the Giants and Chicago Bears are not dissimilar.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Teams have been split into three groups per conference, not dissimilar to the World Cup draw, based on last year’s standings.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
  • But his entrance was meant to shake up the entire season, which is not dissimilar to the evolving role of big tech and media at the current moment.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The United States today has a population not dissimilar to that of the British Empire at its height.
    Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • For now, not dissimilar from the Secretariat, the race for flexible work is still on.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In May last year, in a grinding battle not dissimilar to that in Avdiivka, a Ukrainian garrison held out for months in the ruins of the eastern city of Bakhmut.
    David Axe, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • It’s known to have sported osteoderms along its back, possibly weighed as much as three tons, and had massive jaws, not dissimilar to that of a large theropod.
    Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
  • But then, in a Rube Goldberg chain of events not dissimilar to the plot of Calypso’s pop-up book, the couple who had been planning to buy the house fall in love with another property, and back out of the deal.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The thyme and clementine juices play really nicely with the spiced notes of the rum, giving it dimension and a character not dissimilar to a tiki drink.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 13 June 2024
  • The lagoon's ecosystem faces threats from tourism and local development, not dissimilar to the tales of Tulum and Playa del Carmen.
    Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Feb. 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
  • On a demographic level, those part-time teams represent towns not dissimilar to those in the North of England.
    Mike Meehall Wood, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Rachel Makar, StockX’s director of accessories, says the growing interest in bags is not dissimilar to how men have been sneaker obsessed in the past.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Jackson-Davis finished the first half with 13 points, six rebounds and two blocks, setting a past not dissimilar to his dominant outing midweek in a win at Illinois.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The play calls for the inbounder to throw the ball diagonally across the court from near the mid-court line to the far corner, not dissimilar to the mock football fade routes James and Anthony Davis practice as part of their pregame routine.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Using a format not dissimilar from World Team Tennis, teams of players compete in weekend-long events.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Grande also dances in her video (surprise!), doing a Fosse-esque routine in an outfit not dissimilar to Abdul’s—kitten heels and all.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024
  • This is not dissimilar to wording that often appears on the back of other tickets for various sporting events.
    Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Researchers have discovered ancient artifacts, such as bones that were hollowed out and carved with holes — not dissimilar to a modern-day flute.
    Katie Lauer, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The Bronze Age artifacts are wildly different from other finds in China: many depict heads and masks with bulging eyes and elephantine ears in a style not dissimilar to Aztec art.
    Audrey Phoon, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • Patterson is a quick, hard-working full-back not dissimilar to the young Coleman in his early days at Everton after joining in 2009.
    James Nalton, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
  • But scientists believe that high above that terrible surface, in the clouds of Venus, there are air pressures not dissimilar to those found on Earth, where conditions might be conducive for some forms of life.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The whole process is not dissimilar to how Amazon and Netflix, for example, suggests their respective content; the caveat being the pressing work is left up to the student and their family.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • These pre- and post-snap debriefings are not dissimilar to what Rodgers – and many other top-tier quarterbacks – would do in a regular practice.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • These calculations are not dissimilar to Sanada’s role behind the scenes of Shōgun.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024

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