resembled

past tense of resemble
as in approached
to look or be like (someone or something) He strongly resembles his father in appearance and in temperament. Terrier dogs closely resemble each other.

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Recent Examples of resembled Somehow, after the Bucs resembled the Eagles and the Saints by having a game down the stretch virtually signed, sealed and delivered against the Falcons, Cousins turned that into a mirage. Terence Moore, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 And instead of Boo Buckets also resembled classic monsters including Monster, Skeleton, Mummy and Vampire, this year’s models. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024 The smocks resembled garbage bags. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024 Last year's Boo Buckets also resembled classic monsters including Monster, Skeleton, Mummy and Vampire. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024 Held in a building that resembled a house with tall and large windows, sounds of nature played on audio as guests arrived. Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024 Many of the attractions featured in these areas would have resembled offerings already in Disney parks. Jared Bahir Browsh, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024 The rule resembled the second law of thermodynamics, which says that entropy, a measure of disorder in a system, never decreases. Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 The icing on the cake was perhaps the party’s top-down approach to campaigning, which resembled the Clinton campaign’s failed one-size-fits-all model in its ability to alienate potential voters. Fabio Mattioli, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resembled
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  • Hugh recalled thinking, but the intention was to grab the audience immediately.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For the front windshield wiper failure, Tesla recalled 11,688 of its Cybertruck vehicles.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • The massive, winding fabric sculpture, stretching nearly 150 feet long, will be suspended from its roof, in all its crocheted, beaded, and felted glory, until October 31.
    Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 June 2024
  • The app offers workshops and classes on topics from grief to felting.
    Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
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  • The age is now 67 for those born in 1960 or latter but some GOP proposals have suggested increasing the age for full retirement benefits from 67 to 69 over an eight-year period beginning in 2026.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Studies have suggested that this, in turn, can lead to a range of different health benefits such as reducing pain, blood pressure and feelings of stress.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • The whole thing looked more like a rock show than a symphony concert.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This resulted in an American judiciary that looked very different than the mosaic that makes up the country.
    Paul M. Collins Jr., The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Kimo campaigned to Cam about keeping him over Rubina this week, and Cam seemed to be considering it.
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
  • At the time, the actor seemed hopeful that the dates would be rescheduled.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Since then, additional decorative drives have appeared, many but not all of them branded tie-ins to entertainment or popular culture.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
  • This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine, an independent journalistic endeavor from Annual Reviews.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024

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“Resembled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resembled. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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