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resemble

[ri-zem-buhl] / rɪˈzɛm bəl /


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The event is being managed by the organizers of the IndyCar championship, the US motorsport whose cars resemble Formula One vehicles but often compete on oval tracks, including at the flagship Indianapolis 500 race.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

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

When sent a list of questions about the devices, which resemble thick work gloves, Compliant Technologies declined to comment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Within it are structures that resemble tufts of hair or comet-like tails.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Some said the plate was made of iron and painted to resemble cracked china.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

The idea resembles winding optical fiber around a spool, but nanofabrication makes it possible to fit the path into a far smaller footprint.

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

A man who has not been publicly identified has been “living” inside the billboard since Thursday, in what resembles a fully furnished, air-conditioned living room.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

If it’s been frozen before shipping, then the poi clumps together and resembles paste.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Stokes resembled the kid given the keys to the sweetshop on his first morning as skipper, fielding five slips at one stage against New Zealand.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

My creation resembled a bulky hamantaschen more than a talisman for a life-changing epiphany.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

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

When they returned on Tuesday, they saw "a white van with an individual who resembled the target" and initiated the traffic stop.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Nathan behind me was panting, the breath came and went so quickly that his chest resembled a bellows.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Another potential scenario, Shpaizman said, is one resembling the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, as they tried to stop certification of his election defeat.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The new research points toward a different possibility: brain-inspired AI made from artificial units that are themselves computationally deep and powerful, more closely resembling the capabilities of biological neurons.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

The judge later told them he "rejected the contention" that the teenagers had shown "anything resembling remorse".

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Circling the hill were tumbledown stables and something resembling a demolished chicken roost.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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