verisimilar

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Recent Examples of verisimilar Annie’s work thus far has been meticulously verisimilar, bordering on minimalist, with depopulated nurseries and studios built of balsa wood. Katherine Fusco, The Atlantic, 11 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verisimilar
Adjective
  • Another major awards player, the SAG Awards, first introduced a similar category, outstanding performance by a stunt ensemble, in 2007.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The apparel industry can adopt similar practices by integrating real-time data analytics and supplier quality management and enhancing supplier collaboration to reduce lead times and minimize stockouts.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This eerily lifelike android represents a significant advancement in biomimetic robotics, closely replicating human anatomy and movement in ways never before seen.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The point is not to be lifelike or fact-based but familiar and formulaic—in a word, predictable.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • An incredibly realistic short almond nail set that may just have your friends fooled.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025
  • One path leads to more realistic pricing that reflects the true cost and value of these advanced systems.
    Andrew Filev, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Adaptability Is Key No two performances are alike because no two audiences are alike.
    Dr. Jen Donnell, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • There were also the Trump women, looking all alike onstage in Farrah Fawcett–style blonde hairdos with a little flip at the end.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 17 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • McBurney knows that the naturalistic acting style used in film can easily fall flat in opera, which has a slower pace in which the magic lies in a kind of zooming in on time.
    Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Motor priming improves the efficiency of subsequent naturalistic speech-in-noise processing under specific conditions.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • One league executive said Malonga’s talent is comparable to presumptive No. 1 pick, UConn star Paige Bueckers, even if her public profile isn’t.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • When looking at gaming, the gender split for recent Super Mario Bros game releases was comparable to that of its feature film.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This is analogous to our preventative and detective cybersecurity tools.
    James Blake, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Efforts to deny the indigenous peoples of the Andes access to coca, as Smithsonian anthropologist Catherine Allen has written, are not analogous to outlawing, for example, beer in Germany, coffee in the Middle East, or betel chewing in India.
    Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Spalding chose a long black dress with a plunging neckline, a silver medallion necklace and a burgundy lip for the event, while Hollywood opted for a matching black suit.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • His best showings come on the albums side, where Harry’s House returns to two tallies at once, and in almost matching positions.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Verisimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verisimilar. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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