I. adjective
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■ ADVERB
exactly
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No two people smell exactly alike - though there are similarities between races.
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No two street cracks, like the whorls of fingerprints, are exactly alike .
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It is certainly true that no two zebras are exactly alike in the details of their black and white lines.
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Nevertheless, probably no two were exactly alike .
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No two human beings are exactly alike and no two cases will follow the exact pattern.
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We are all exactly alike in this respect.
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Then there is the fact that two phrases that sound exactly alike can have different meanings depending on their context.
so
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The two figures so alike , dark-haired and slender both, dressed in deepest green, were mirror images of each other.
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Elsie and Edith Port were so alike that Jennie dosed the wrong one with her cure for all ailments - castor oil.
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And why were all the statements so alike ?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
share and share alike
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The entire estate was bequeathed to the four children, share and share alike.
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As the personal computer market matured, computer makers have realized that not all PC buyers are alike .
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I think my mother and I are very much alike in some ways.
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The album is boring - all of their songs sound alike .
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The two singers do not sound anything alike .
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You lawyers are all alike . You just talk a lot, tell a few lies, and send the bill.
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Broadly speaking, all these towns looked alike .
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Law schools, you see, are more alike than they are different.
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The number of mutations increased as the parents became more alike .
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You guys with brains are all alike , man.
II. adverb
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■ VERB
look
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A case of forcing one set of data into mother's mould to make them look alike ?
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Unlike other large animal phyla all nematodes look alike except for size - at least to the common man.
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I said yes to everything, but to me machines tend to look alike .
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You asked if people say we looked alike .
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Siblings don't always look alike .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
great minds (think alike)
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Great visions are the signs of great minds and there were few greater visions than those of Newton and Einstein.
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Alas, there is no space to give a proper account of the thoughts of these great minds.
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Some of the confusion would certainly have been lessened if the two great minds had had opportunities to exchange ideas.
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That presents no danger if our great minds are in Paris or London or the United States.
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The excitement of the intellectual revolution produced some great minds and some important discoveries.
share and share alike
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The entire estate was bequeathed to the four children, share and share alike.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Politicians and voters alike are too concerned with short-term problems.
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The men in the bridal party should dress alike .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Accommodation is at a premium in hotels and private houses alike .
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But the same rates of interest should not necessarily be paid to non-residents and residents alike .
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Conditions in the aftermath of the 1905 revolution were propitious for stable development in countryside and city alike .
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Crocker was one of the largest banks in California, and was respected by investors and rival bankers alike .
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Health risks were matters of acceptance for the most part by employers and workers alike .
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None the less, consumers and businesses alike are, in the aggregate, deeper in debt than ever before.
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Sister ministered to staff and patients alike and was known everywhere as the Lady with the Veil.