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resemblance

[ri-zem-bluhns] / rɪˈzɛm bləns /


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Project Plowshares, the program that begot this test, bears more than a passing resemblance to today’s efforts to apply ever more powerful artificial-intelligence models to every area of human endeavor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

That starts with the title font’s most intentional resemblance to classic Stephen King paperback cover typography.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

That decline has coincided with a dramatic rise in Sports Utility Vehicles, or SUVs – large cars with at least a passing resemblance to four-wheel-drive off road vehicles.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

He was Sam the Eagle, our national bird transformed by a Disney artist, and to some eyes bearing a slight resemblance to an earlier Disney avian character, a parrot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Of course, Elizabeth’s nose was a tiny bit shorter and maybe her chin a little rounder, but the resemblance was there just the same.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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