striking similarity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrikingandsimilarity
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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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similarity
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌsɪm.ɪˈlær.ə.ti/us/ˌsɪm.əˈler.ə.t̬i/
the fact that people or things look or are ...
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(Definition ofstrikingandsimilarityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is of course astrikingsimilaritybetween the judgements to be found in contemporary reports and in some of the later historiography.
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Astrikingsimilaritybetween the groups forming the species composition was evident among the different oyster species.
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This definition has astrikingsimilarityto our definition of an institution.
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My 1992 piece found astrikingsimilarityin real equity returns in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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There is astrikingsimilaritybetween the model and the retinotectoisthmal system.
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They note, in respect to its epidemiology, that relapsing fever affords astrikingsimilarityto typhus fever.
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Such a case shows astrikingsimilaritywith learners' early usages. 40.
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Even though the graphs are different, there is astrikingsimilaritybetween the distributions.
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Astrikingsimilarityin her phonologies, however, was found concerning the proximity of her productions in each language to their target words.
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This network has astrikingsimilarityto the network preferentially activated in our patients, supporting the hypothesis that in hysterical blindness there is a shift towards implicit (nonconscious) visual perception.
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In development there is also a great deal ofstrikingsimilarity, which may be explained by limitations in variability and change.
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The considerable homogeneity in child and juvenile mortality among these six tribal populations is accompanied bystrikingsimilarityin their social and living conditions.
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We welcome them particularly because of theirstrikingsimilarityto proposals that we put forward almost a year ago.
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However, the test for admitting such evidence has developed since then to recognise that its value is not limited to cases of "strikingsimilarity".
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There is astrikingsimilaritybetween what was said then and what we are saying today.
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The moststrikingsimilarityin these debates is the way consumers’ interests are being ignored.
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The trend for small businesses bears astrikingsimilarityto the increasingly unhappy trend of small income families, many of whom are their employees.
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I believe that my noble friend is really looking atstrikingsimilarity.
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