not unlike

idiom

: similar to
Its texture is not unlike that of oatmeal.

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Paired with a matching green tweed bomber jacket, brown Aran knit and her signature skinny jeans, the royal was clearly in full country mode—not unlike when she was photographed near her home in Norfolk for the cover for British Vogue back in 2016. Emily Chan, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025 These are voices that tell you where to go, what to do and how to behave in order to move in an orderly way through the urban environment, and they are meant to maintain calm efficiency, not unlike Bitching Betty. Sarah A. Bell, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025 Pulling the United States out of the global economy is not unlike Britain’s withdrawing from a Europe-wide trading bloc, and in the view of Brexiteers, a comparable act of liberation. Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025 In his blood John Seidler’s Padres fandom evolved, not unlike many others but also in a very unique way. Kevin Acee, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for not unlike

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“Not unlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20unlike. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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