similar
adjective
sim·i·lar
ˈsi-mə-lər 
ˈsim-lər
1
: having characteristics in common : strictly comparable
2
: alike in substance or essentials : corresponding
no two animal habitats are exactly similar—
W. H. Dowdeswell
W. H. Dowdeswell3
: not differing in shape but only in size or position
similar triangles
similar polygons
similarly
adverb
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Examples of similar in a Sentence
This month, General Electric's health-care division will begin marketing a first-of-its-kind electrocardiograph machine in the U.S. Although packed with the latest technology, the battery-powered device weighs just six pounds, half as much as the smallest ECG machine currently for sale. It will retail for a mere $2,500, an 80% markdown from products with similar capabilities.
—Reena Jana, Business Week, 23 & 30 Mar. 2009
There's a reason boards of directors can pluck so many CEOs out of one company and plop them into another: When it comes to management ideas and tools, many companies are surprisingly similar. They have the same hierarchies and budgeting processes.
—Jena McGregor, Business Week, 8 Oct. 2007
Though the trends were similar, the new patterns of consumption varied both regionally and nationally, as they continue to do today.
—John Brewer, New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2006
Our cats are similar in size.
You two look very similar to each other.
They had similar experiences growing up, even though they came from vastly different backgrounds.
We got remarkably similar results.
I was going to say something similar.
I would have reacted in a similar way if it had happened to me.
Reena Jana, Business Week, 23 & 30 Mar. 2009
There's a reason boards of directors can pluck so many CEOs out of one company and plop them into another: When it comes to management ideas and tools, many companies are surprisingly similar. They have the same hierarchies and budgeting processes.
—Jena McGregor, Business Week, 8 Oct. 2007
Though the trends were similar, the new patterns of consumption varied both regionally and nationally, as they continue to do today.
—John Brewer, New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2006
Our cats are similar in size.
You two look very similar to each other.
They had similar experiences growing up, even though they came from vastly different backgrounds.
We got remarkably similar results.
I was going to say something similar.
I would have reacted in a similar way if it had happened to me.
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And because the two isolated genes are found in many other plant species, similar genetic editing may help improve other agricultural staples in the future.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Eventually our list reaches more than a dozen more victims, nearly all with similar experiences, most of them bursting with a desire to talk.
—Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
San Francisco sued Oakland for infringing its airport’s trademarks in April, arguing the Oakland airport’s similar new name would confuse travelers.
—Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
The department’s detectives then found nearly identical claims for two different cars to other insurance companies, each filed with similar videos as evidence of damage.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Eventually our list reaches more than a dozen more victims, nearly all with similar experiences, most of them bursting with a desire to talk.
—Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
San Francisco sued Oakland for infringing its airport’s trademarks in April, arguing the Oakland airport’s similar new name would confuse travelers.
—Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
The department’s detectives then found nearly identical claims for two different cars to other insurance companies, each filed with similar videos as evidence of damage.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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similar
adjective
sim·i·lar
ˈsim-(ə-)lər
1
: having qualities in common
2
: not differing in shape but only in size or position
similar triangles
similarly
adverb
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