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dissimilar

[dih-sim-uh-ler, dis-sim-] / dɪˈsɪm ə lər, dɪsˈsɪm- /


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Budgeting for this trip is not dissimilar from budgeting for any other vacation.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

The circumstances leading to Hilton’s distressing livestream and Pearl’s filmed execution are entirely dissimilar.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

In this way, Knicks fans aren’t dissimilar to the investors that have been clamoring for years that Madison Square Garden Sports is undervalued.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Mix in perpetual futures, which never expire and allow massive leverage, and you have a spectacle that isn’t too dissimilar from watching people play an adrenaline-rushing videogame.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Most curious is his view of the origin of the lunar craters, which make the Moon, he says, “not dissimilar to the face of a boy disfigured with smallpox.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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