not unlike

idiom

: similar to
Its texture is not unlike that of oatmeal.

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Although French cinema may be the inspiration behind much of The Luminous Life, the film feels Portuguese through and through, blending a dreamy sadness with moments of surreal comedy and sensuality, not unlike the work of late auteur Joao Cesar Monteiro. Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025 Living in an isolated refuge cut off from the violence and devastation that prevails just across the water, the islanders are not unlike the country’s popular imagination of itself from the war. Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 July 2025 All of this to say, for many voters, health care is confusing, frustrating and somewhat opaque: not unlike politics itself. Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025 Hurley, wearing a cowboy hat, sports a radiant smile as the couple leans against an old wooden fence in the middle of what appears to be an open field, not unlike the one seen in Hurley's new post. EW.com, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for not unlike

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“Not unlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20unlike. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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