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resemble

[ri-zem-buhl] / rɪˈzɛm bəl /


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Closed-end funds are mutual funds that resemble stocks: They issue a fixed number of shares, and these trade on the stock market.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Both Andres Santos and Youri Tielemans resemble Kobbie Mainoo in being technical midfielders that thrive in small spaces, able to rotate and connect well under pressure.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

But the formula, which includes coffee and cold plunges in what resemble very high-end kiddie pools, has worked elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The bone has short projections extending outward that resemble horns, and it lacks a ventral median groove.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

He had yet to give up his rifle, and the silhouette of it across his back made him resemble a gawky, long-limbed bird.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Texas Instruments’ Evo has moved to a menu-based interface that resembles that of Casio and NumWorks, according to Choudhury.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

At its center is a compact red source that closely resembles a little red dot and even evokes the ruby red fruit of the desert cactus.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Then that truth gets “wrenched through this…assembly line,” until what comes out on the other side barely resembles where it started.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

If Westeros were a meritocracy, she would be queen, or at least be given Highgarden, where she could marry a Tyrell and give birth to Diana Rigg, whose Olenna Tyrell she so much resembles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Something about him resembles my old doll with the smashed glass eye, or a curious illustration from a medical encyclopedia.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The S&P 500 has recently resembled the way it looked five years ago, when investors started to play it safer, according to Morgan Stanley.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

At first glance, the reel resembled the workout videos he usually posted.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Instead, the teeth resembled those of Djarthia murgonensis, an extinct marsupial that lived about 35 million years earlier and is often viewed as a prototype for Australian marsupials.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

DHS said last Thursday the stop was initiated because they saw "a white van with an individual who resembled the target" of an operation.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

But he thought a great deal more, and in that he resembled his father.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

The prosecutor sometimes courted publicity and controversy, showing up outside James’s Brooklyn home in a trench coat resembling that of TV police lieutenant Columbo.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Anything resembling a larger project, he said, had been put on hold.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Together, the two electronic phases form something resembling an atomic-scale checkerboard.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

The Titanic ride at Graveley Fruit Farm near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, sees the replica ship lift at one end to slide customers downwards, resembling the sinking of the ocean liner.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Amino acids have been assembled under primitive Earth conditions into molecules resembling proteins.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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