reminiscent
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Housing developments were built around crude-processing facilities in an architectural style reminiscent of 1960s American suburbs—a throwback to the era when U.S. energy companies were instrumental in building the oil economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
A year's worth of government grants, more than £250m, was handed out in under six hours in an online scramble "reminiscent of Glastonbury ticket sales", as Wiltshire farmer Tom Collins put it.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The prosecution’s argument is simpler and meaner, almost reminiscent of Steinbeck: Clancy’s actions were premeditated, her way of escaping a life she didn’t want anymore.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The effect is reminiscent of an observation made by Christiaan Huygens in 1665 involving two pendulum clocks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
For me, it was reminiscent of the weekends I’d spent as a child trailing my dad as he climbed up all those porch steps, going about his duties as a precinct captain.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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