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The results were particularly encouraging in nonhuman primates, whose liver biology and gut microbial communities more closely resemble those of humans than those of mice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The images resemble holograms, though they are solid to the touch; they seem to be projections that the boy has manifested to ease his loneliness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
These cancers account for about 7% of childhood cancers, according to the charity, but experts say diagnosis can often be delayed because symptoms resemble more common conditions.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Sergio, an artist in his own right, even constructed her first booth to resemble a fruit stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
“The inimitable Locke,” he answered, “saith that mankind is engaged in perpetual uneasiness, and that it is lack which motivates us forward. In our desires, we resemble the action of a two-legged table.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Meghnad S., a 36-year-old content creator, is on a mission that resembles a crowd-sourced rescue service.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Trapped in this stiffer, earlier incarnation, the only acting Strong is able to do is poke his head straight up from his shoulders until he resembles a retractable pen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
His every motive feels ulterior, and his inevitable simmering romance with Lowen resembles a can of worms that could pop open at any moment.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fourteen-year-old Genevieve learns she can change her clothes to pass as a much more glamorous 17-year-old, while 11-year-old Fenella prefers covering herself in gray fur so she resembles a cat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
I’m guessing she resembles Alex in some way.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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In 2024, the actor threatened legal action against OpenAI after the company released its voice assistant — known as Sky — for ChatGPT, which she alleged resembled her voice without her consent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
On the surface, it seems like harmless video game humor, and I’m sure we’ve all had encounters with actual humans that resembled interacting with tautological machines programmed with limited responses.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
The anonymous account, whose picture resembled a "Jujutsu Kaisen" character dubbed by Tsuda, combined images and seemingly AI-generated speech about urban legends, occult phenomena and conspiracy theories.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Paleontologists have sometimes informally called zhelestids "Cretaceous rabbits" because they resembled rabbits despite being only distantly related to modern ones.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Dressed in drab black, with his mariner cap pulled low and his dark hair framing his lean face, he resembled a bedraggled crow.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Huang's "defence of CoreWeave's financial position was enough to pull the NeoCloud complex off the floor, drag AI equities higher and give the broader market something resembling a pulse", wrote SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Instead of a smooth rise and fall, the brightness repeatedly traced something resembling a triangle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
AI slop has begun appearing on restaurant menus, signs and advertisements, offering food imagery that looks optimized for appetite without necessarily resembling anything a person could cook.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Writer-director Reed Van Dyk’s feature debut navigates tricky emotional waters but emerges as a trenchant examination of what forgiveness and penitence can look like, allowing no room for anything resembling a pat happy ending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Were the Earth to be started over again with all its physical features identical, it is extremely unlikely that anything closely resembling a human being would ever again emerge.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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