striking resemblance

collocation in English

meaningsofstrikingandresemblance

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striking
adjective
uk
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/
very unusual or easily noticed, and therefore attracting a lot ...
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resemblance
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈzem.bləns/us
/rɪˈzem.bləns/
the fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some ...
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(Definition ofstrikingandresemblancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstriking resemblance

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If it turns out to be true in general it will present astrikingresemblancewith the variational principle for the topological entropy.
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She sets out to account for ' thestrikingresemblance' between these two supposedly competing narratives of liberation (p. 4).
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It is important to observe that the underlying values expressed in palliative care bear astrikingresemblanceto the principles of care in the community.
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The evolution of these artifacts once they leave their indigenous landscape has astrikingresemblance to what becomes of memories once they have left their original experience far behind.
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There may be specific features causing two accusations to bear astrikingresemblance.
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But, that said, the injury inflicted by an invasion of privacy must bear astrikingresemblanceto the wrong for which a remedy is provided in the law of defamation.
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Many feminists have rightly pointed out that the distribution of women in the employed work force bears astrikingresemblanceto the division of labour within the family.
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Yamamoto sees her as his deceased wife because of thestrikingresemblancebetween them, and develops a crush on her.
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He also bears astrikingresemblanceto his father.
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In one strip, he runs into an ex-girlfriend who has a child that bears astrikingresemblanceto himself.
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The website, which bears astrikingresemblanceto the printed newspaper, curates and republishes the best articles of the newspaper.
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He bears astrikingresemblanceto his father, and looks more effeminately handsome than his brother.
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His last name is a reference to the honeydew melon, to which his head bears astrikingresemblance.
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His ensuing theory about the close-packing of spheres shows astrikingresemblanceto atomism and modern atomic theory, which he was later accused of believing.
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He adapted his own aesthetic, and his portraits of women often bear astrikingresemblanceto each other.
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When they are youngsters, they meet and are astounded by theirstrikingresemblanceto each other.
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Rather, they bear astrikingresemblanceto chloroplasts themselves.
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Several persons see them together and notice theirstrikingresemblance.
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The whole song isn't death metal but the beginning bares a verystrikingresemblanceif not a complete match.
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