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resemblance

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Newman again starred in the film, which this time bore only the faintest resemblance to the novel.

McConnell’s relationship to the extremists in his party bears a striking resemblance to Douglas’s.

Today’s food system bears little resemblance to the one of just a couple of generations ago.

They finished with one completion and two interceptions in a game that bore scant resemblance to NFL football.

The team they will put on the field Thursday night will bear little resemblance to the one that beat the Packers in January.

He does not admit it, but Miyazaki likely sees the resemblance between himself and Horikoshi as well.

The eventual deal, approved by Law 840 in June 2013, bore little resemblance to the original.

In 2010, Jake Holmes sued over “Dazed and Confused,” claiming it bore a strong resemblance to his own song of the same name.

Rachel starts dating a guy named Russ, and would you believe that he bears a striking resemblance to Ross?

The second portrait, examined by the Mona Lisa Foundation, bears a striking resemblance to the famous portrait.

The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another: as when a man's likeness is before the face of a man.

Eve, too, lovely as she is, seems to bear no likelihood of resemblance to Milton's superb mother of mankind.

We revelled in its resemblance, or its fancied resemblance to the famous old hostelry kept by old John Willet.

It is interesting to notice a resemblance between this huge bird and our English wild duck or plover.

She was fair as a lily, with bright golden hair, and bore no resemblance to this dark-eyed, black-browed wench.

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On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to resemblance, such as: affinity, closeness, coincidence, comparison, kinship, and parallel.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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