as in different
being not of the same kind
a place where people with dissimilar backgrounds can interact
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Recent Examples of dissimilar
Afterall, oil price expectations of OPEC+ and its reading of the market at a time like this is unlikely to be terribly dissimilar from wider conjecture.
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Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Today, America finds itself in circumstances not too dissimilar to those faced by post-Colombian Native Americans.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
But their accomplishments could not be more dissimilar.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Not wholly dissimilar from Azure Virtual Desktop, AWS WorkSpaces has been engineered to host virtual desktops in the cloud.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Today, America finds itself in circumstances not too dissimilar to those faced by post-Colombian Native Americans.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
But their accomplishments could not be more dissimilar.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Not wholly dissimilar from Azure Virtual Desktop, AWS WorkSpaces has been engineered to host virtual desktops in the cloud.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissimilar
Adjective
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But Mbappe chose to distance himself from that debate and his opening season was different to Ronaldo’s.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Young, a British Columbia native who played for three different colleges and spent seven seasons in the minors before playing for the Doosan Bears in South Korea last season, hit his fourth career Major League homer and his first since September 2009 with the Chicago Cubs.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Her book, Perfect Day Chicago, which highlights the Windy City’s diverse neighborhoods, was just published.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Streaming music services make listening convenient thanks to their vast catalogs, diverse playlists, and expansive device compatibility.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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The animal has a long tail and distinctive tufts of soft hair.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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Their selection always includes highly sophisticated and distinctive films that have broadened my cinematic horizons.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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There is a distinct difference between the two eras.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Within such simulations, there will be three distinct participant groups: 1.—
Ivan Shvaichenko,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Dissimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimilar. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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