Thesaurus results for RESEMBLES

resembles

verb

present tense third-person singular of resemble

as in suggests

to look or be like (someone or something) He strongly resembles his father in appearance and in temperament. Terrier dogs closely resemble each other.

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Recent Examples of resembles This poem resembles a haibun—a Japanese literary form that combines prose with haiku. — Gurupreet K. Khalsa, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 According to the blog post, the foundation is in the process of replacing the acrylic roof with a more resilient material that more closely resembles Wright’s canvas. — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2026 Sabti, who was born in Tehran, said the clerical regime in the capital Tehran does not exercise solid control over the provinces, which resembles parts of South America where some governments lost sovereignty to militias. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Now, Mahomes and the Chiefs are undefeated through five games for only the third time in his career, and the offense much more closely resembles the heights of his torrid five-year start compared with the more recent three-season malaise. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 About 100 miles east of Springfield in Urbana, Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community resembles the house churches of early Christianity. — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 From one of the craggy hills surrounding it, the strip resembles an urban planner’s modest attempt at a park. — Nicolas Niarchos, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026 The company’s ev1 resembles a power wheelchair but operates like an autonomous vehicle, with 360-degree sensors that provide proactive collision avoidance and smart driving capabilities. — Matt Alderton, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 The device looks like a giant Apple Watch and resembles the 2002 iMac G4, which had a hemispherical white base topped with a flat-panel LCD screen. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

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Silverstein also suggests renting costumes by looking through websites like Facebook Marketplace, Depop and Poshmark.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
New consumer research suggests the shift is more deliberate, and more compatible with luxury growth, than early coverage implied.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggests

Verb

As El Gouna approaches its 10th edition, Shawky says the next step is strengthening CineGouna’s international presence and developing more year-round activity beyond the annual festival.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
General view of tourists taking selfies at North Bund in Shanghai, China, as Typhoon Dolphin approaches the country.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of approaches

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Alongside church traditions, the album recalls Terry Riley’s minimalism, in which the repetition of musical patterns produces a kind of hypnotic stasis.

— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
Device for Exhaling the Tremor (2025), a large sculpture by Celeste Martinez Abburra, explicitly recalls the stainless steel and glass beakers of a chemistry laboratory.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of recalls

Verb

No record of Gutierrez’s arrest appears in an online database maintained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees county jails, suggesting that he may have been booked in the LAPD’s detention facilities.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Maybe someone changes the terms, a cost shifts, or a new option appears.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of appears

Verb

This seems like a perfectly reasonable debate/dialogue/deliberation to have without everybody--well, most bodies--running for the exits.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
But rather than any of her contemporaries, one specific anecdote from Jensen’s school years seems like the most apt context for the measured wandering on Jazz dreams.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of seems

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The gorgeous and tasty caramel and cream cheese frosting looks the best when applied with a small offset spatula to give it that swirly effect on the cake.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
Be suspicious of unexpected statement links Even when an email looks authentic, use the SSA website independently to access your information.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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