not unlike
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The play, which takes place in the period predating smartphones, offers a microcosm of American life, not unlike the Grover’s Corners of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” before our brains were all rewired.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The evidence for this scheme consisted mostly of the fact that the law center relied on paid informants for its work, not unlike the FBI.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
DogTV runs several programs with content not unlike exposure therapy.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
However, possibly aware of the threat to his own security, he did not, unlike the late Larijani, appear in public at pro-government rallies last week in support of the Palestinian cause.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
When used in cooking, its resin lent a pungent, onionlike taste perhaps not unlike modern asafoetida; when taken as medicine, the juice was said to cure sore throats, warts, fever, sour stomach, leprosy, and baldness.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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