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 Another is a loose watercolor that resembles a Color Field painting, rather than the technique typically associated with Basquiat. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The new restaurant’s look also resembles that of the SoHo restaurant; it’s designed by Alessandro Pasquale, who designed the original location. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 The top tier of college football, known now as the Football Bowl Subdivision, resembles the professional game more with each passing year, prompting calls to implement rules to better manage the sport. — Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026 But good output that resembles everyone else’s often passes because each piece clears its own bar. — Deepa Nagraj, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 People report feeling less lonely after chatting with an AI companion, which resembles seeking comfort. — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026 That behavior resembles a liquid crystal, where molecules can move freely but still maintain directional alignment. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 Lucie’s talented-but-troubled student, Susan Yi, writes fiction that resembles an accusation about Lucie. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 The flagship gathering resembles a cross between a Mardi Gras parade, an agricultural expo and a secular revival. — Sam Flemming, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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Our research suggests these tombs were designed and constructed not simply to house the dead, but to affect the living through a sensorily immersive environment similar to a modern 3D film experience.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
The project is predicated on the theme that the title suggests — love of self, love of others, love for her daughter Hazel — while embracing a swath of styles spanning quiet storm to smooth, finger-snapped R&B.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggests

Verb

At the Irish Rep, director Ciarán O’Reilly has brought O’Neill’s expressionist howl back for a swift, sturdy, smaller-scale revival that now feels unnervingly on-the-pulse.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
For the residents of Shelekhov, however, the official narrative of a routine pneumonia death feels completely disconnected from the sudden quarantine of 200 people.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of feels

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Horvath recalls watching two adults play with one of those activities, using magnetic 3D parts to assemble a robot in the modeling section.

— Megan Fitzgerald, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Kurdish-Canadian director Soran Mardookhi, with his latest documentary feature The Flight, recalls the doomed Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752 that in January 2020 crashed soon after taking off from an airport near Tehran.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of recalls

Verb

There is a lot of money in the market, but some of it appears to be receding and the number of commissions is coming down.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
And because of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act passed earlier this year, the company appears to be on track to have taxpayers foot the bill.

— H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of appears

Verb

As tech moguls go, Morgan seems to be more Dario Amodei than Sam Altman.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
While scientists are known for their dedication to their research, crawling on the floor to avoid electrocution for the sake of a measurement seems a little excessive.

— Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of seems

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However, each side holds that the Yemeni civil war has now entered a new phase from which neither side looks eager to extricate itself.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
For many of their classmates on campus and elsewhere around the country, the present looks bleak and the future uncertain at best.

— Jacqueline Ganun, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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