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dissimilarity

[dih-sim-uh-lar-i-tee, dis-sim-] / dɪˌsɪm əˈlær ɪ ti, dɪsˌsɪm- /


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The dissimilarity of impacts from each type can be significant.

From Washington Post Nov. 29, 2021

Ever since Chubbs Peterson convinced Happy Gilmore to trade his Bruins sweater for a sweater vest, golf and hockey have been irrevocably intertwined—an odd couple united by apparatus, cultural dissimilarity, and the comedy therein.

From Golf Digest Jun. 5, 2019

But for all the surface dissimilarity of their deeds, the two men are ultimately guilty of the same transgression.

From Seattle Times Apr. 28, 2019

For all their dissimilarity, Lévy and Carpenter share an unstated conviction that runs through most American debates about foreign policy: that all good things should come together.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2019

On reflection, Cahokia’s dissimilarity to other cities is not surprising; having never seen a city, its citizens had to invent every aspect of urban life for themselves.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

But the more Arteaga and his colleagues looked at the snake on his book cover—a “cloud forest morph”—the more they found dissimilarities.

From National Geographic Feb. 13, 2024

Organisms belonging to a similar biome have dissimilarities in their makeup.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

But some Central American immigrants who now make their homes in Southern California believe that, for all their dissimilarities, Ortega and Bukele are mirror images.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2022

I did find that to be true, everywhere I went… it’s a cliché, but our commonality is way stronger than our dissimilarities.

From Salon Sep. 27, 2018

Yet despite these great dissimilarities the stories of the encounter run in broad parallel.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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