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[ri-zem-buhl] / rɪˈzɛm bəl /


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Closed-end funds are mutual funds that resemble stocks: They issue a fixed number of shares, and these trade on the stock market.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

But the formula, which includes coffee and cold plunges in what resemble very high-end kiddie pools, has worked elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The bone has short projections extending outward that resemble horns, and it lacks a ventral median groove.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Using modelling simulations, they determined the most likely scenario was that the object is powered by a central black hole surrounded by a cocoon of gas that makes it resemble a star.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Swampfolk have tails that resemble alligator scales, but they’re not as wide as Merfolk tails.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

It resembles the gradual way a magnet loses its magnetism as its temperature rises.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Texas Instruments’ Evo has moved to a menu-based interface that resembles that of Casio and NumWorks, according to Choudhury.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Then that truth gets “wrenched through this…assembly line,” until what comes out on the other side barely resembles where it started.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

If Westeros were a meritocracy, she would be queen, or at least be given Highgarden, where she could marry a Tyrell and give birth to Diana Rigg, whose Olenna Tyrell she so much resembles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

It’s shiny silver and resembles an RV—has a door and wide windows on the sides—but it also has a smokestack and big wheels with pistons like a locomotive.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

My creation resembled a bulky hamantaschen more than a talisman for a life-changing epiphany.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The S&P 500 has recently resembled the way it looked five years ago, when investors started to play it safer, according to Morgan Stanley.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

At first glance, the reel resembled the workout videos he usually posted.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

DHS said last Thursday the stop was initiated because they saw "a white van with an individual who resembled the target" of an operation.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

When, ultimately, Bobby walked into the lobby of the Astoria Hotel in Leipzig, he was greeted by a man who resembled a younger and handsomer Groucho Marx: Isaac Kashdan, the United States team captain.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Their results point to phenomena resembling the transition between a liquid and a gas, suggesting that these systems may contain a much broader and more complex range of quantum phases than previously recognized.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

Anything resembling a larger project, he said, had been put on hold.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The Titanic ride at Graveley Fruit Farm near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, sees the replica ship lift at one end to slide customers downwards, resembling the sinking of the ocean liner.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Another potential scenario, Shpaizman said, is one resembling the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, as they tried to stop certification of his election defeat.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

In place of pencil and paper, the main working tools were a set of molecular models superficially resembling the toys of preschool children.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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