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be dissimilar





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I suggest to Arthur that his behaviour may not be dissimilar to that of an online troll.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2023

But sister shall be no motive with me to make me desirous of seeing persons united whose sentiments and souls may be dissimilar.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

The disease proved to be dissimilar to any ordinary complaint, and fell upon the head, which it caused to wither.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

I think it was because she had begun to fancy all our tastes must be dissimilar.

From Cousin Phillis by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

"The principle that environments and life forms in the universe may be dissimilar, but that biochemical reactions are universal throughout creation," Dal said slowly.

From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward




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