dissimilar

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The chapel’s four dissimilar facades—essentially interconnected white surfaces, ornamented and perforated with markedly different patterns of windows and doorways—are topped with a gray, curvaceous concrete roof.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The feeling isn’t dissimilar to trying to learn a new language, or even one that you were once semi-proficient in, that you haven’t studied with care in some time.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

Matt: It’s not dissimilar, in some ways, to the Mike-Will stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

The scientific study produced an unexpected discovery which the team describe as "totally dissimilar to anything else we've uncovered".

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

The more dissimilar the items, the more energy is lost.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss