Curator Felix Adeyemi, who organized a similar exhibit at another museum, cautions that placing objects from vastly different eras side by side risks flattening their distinct historical contexts into a misleading sense of timeless sameness.
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A food scientist claims that a newly developed plant-based meat substitute is perceived by consumers as tasting more similar to real meat than earlier plant-based products did.
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A study found that customers who used a grocery store's self-checkout lanes purchased, on average, fewer impulse items—candy, magazines, and other items typically displayed near checkout—than customers who used lanes staffed by cashiers, even though both types of lanes had similar impulse-item displays nearby.
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Which choice best defines “similar”?
C — Alike, nearly the same. “similar” means alike, nearly the same.
Which word means “alike, nearly the same”?
B — similar. “similar” means alike, nearly the same.
similar — alike, nearly the same. In Chinese: 类似的，相似的.
similar is pronounced /ˈsɪmələr/.
Curator Felix Adeyemi, who organized a similar exhibit at another museum, cautions that placing objects from vastly different eras side by side risks flattening their distinct historical contexts into a misleading sense of timeless sameness.
Yes. similar is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
sim(same) + ilar(form)