similarity

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However, their chemical similarity to certain plastics makes them difficult to distinguish in lab analyses, increasing the risk of false positives when studying microplastic pollution.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The perceived similarity to Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This,” a rom-com pairing a rabbi with an agnostic podcaster, is probably intentional.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

That’s where the similarity, if there is any, intersects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The facts in the Gray case bear an eerie similarity to the Crumbleys’.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Pythagoras, the Greek scholar—half scientist, half mystic—who lived in Croton around 530 BC, proposed one of the earliest and most widely accepted theories to explain the similarity between parents and their children.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee