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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These building-block hats can be placed next to one another to create bigger and bigger shapes that also look like the hat. — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026 On the day of the scavenger hunt, the team hides its creations around town, while ravenous worm-hunters eagerly await their first hint of where a ceramic worm decorated to look like a pickle, or a crayon, or a rainbow dinosaur, can be found. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026 In fact, Moss’s lonely woman may be one of the reasons someone would want to steal Edge Control in the first place—to look like a commodified object. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 This shift can matter well beyond marketing because a younger and more varied patient base can change what responsible surgical planning may look like. — William Jones, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for look like

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