as in also
in like manner
regulations that are disapproved of by teachers and students alike
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as in like
having qualities in common
all the houses in the neighborhood are alike in that they all have a one-car garage and a fenced-in backyard
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Recent Examples of alike
Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
Organic cotton and goose down in three firm varieties mean there’s a suitable fill for stomach, back, and side sleepers alike.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Apr. 2026
Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
One of my pieces was authenticated through eBay, and the leather, stitching, canvas, and quality are alike.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
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Adverb
While people didn't know exactly what had just happened, attendees and staff alike knew to get down immediately.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
Organic cotton and goose down in three firm varieties mean there’s a suitable fill for stomach, back, and side sleepers alike.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Humans and wildlife alike feast on the fruit, with a taste between a banana and a pineapple and a custard-like texture.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
One of my pieces was authenticated through eBay, and the leather, stitching, canvas, and quality are alike.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alike
Adverb
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These thin stainless steel cake testers are not only cheap to replace but also widely available.—
Jennifer Zyman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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Then Cash made another surprising move by leaving Vilade in to hit against Gaddis rather than pinch-hitting lefty Jake Fraley, and that also paid off when Vilade delivered an RBI single up the middle.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Gas surges to highest level since 2022 As the cost of crude climbs, so do the prices of gasoline and other fuel that keep equipment, cars, buses, delivery trucks and airplanes running.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The New York Knicks emphatically did so with a scoreline that should be reserved for horror movies.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Kirsten Kelly-Vargas and her husband, Gary, felt a similar urgency to acquire the proper attire for the occasion.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Paller tried a similar experiment in 2009, this time using sound.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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In comparable territory, The Outsiders keeps things earnest, and even Stranger Things, for all its loopiness, plays its baby-monster antihero story tragic and straight.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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The legislation also includes the implementation of a public online database displaying information on DCF’s performance comparable to federal standards and additional mandatory training for DCF employees.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Goalscoring hero Stones was similarly emotional about York ending their long absence from the EFL.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Royals certainly hope Witt’s career turns out similarly to how Trout’s has played out.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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What’s going on there is analogous to what the oil business did in Houston and Dallas.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, in star-forming regions such as the Trifid, the radiation sculpts the nebulosity in a way that is somewhat analogous to how wind sculpts rocks in the desert.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Its most frequent use comes in local, nonpartisan races for offices such as school board or city council.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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No such mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Daniel Kinahan, the forty-eight-year-old Irishman who was arrested in Dubai on April 17th.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Alike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alike. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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