look like

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: to have an appearance that is very similar to (someone or something) : to resemble (someone or something)
You look just like your mother!
That powdered sugar looks like snow.

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For the naked eye, all these platforms may look like a good solution. — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025 So what does the live show look like without the camera and studio magic that helps hide the puppeteers onscreen? — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025 The perfect mixture At first glance, Chrono Trigger might look like a fairly stereotypical RPG, from the themes about the power of friendship to the quirky non-human party members. — Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025 Both actors drove Formula Two cars that were made to look like Formula One cars. — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for look like

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“Look like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20like. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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