dissimilar

Example Sentences

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Although we do not have quite as many white Easters as white Christmases, the chances are not too dissimilar.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

This is a theme not dissimilar to peers, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The feeling isn’t dissimilar to trying to learn a new language, or even one that you were once semi-proficient in, that you haven’t studied with care in some time.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

They’re very close, they have a very sweet friendship that’s not entirely dissimilar from their friendship on the show.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

Most curious is his view of the origin of the lunar craters, which make the Moon, he says, “not dissimilar to the face of a boy disfigured with smallpox.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan