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dissimilar

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


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BTS has issued a different but not dissimilar concept with “Arirang.”

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

This is a theme not dissimilar to peers, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

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

Downstairs in the exhibition galleries is his related sculpture of a folding card-table and four metal chairs, rendered in not dissimilar Brobdingnagian proportions.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

But the characters were just dissimilar enough to slip through the computer’s net.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer