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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actually resemble" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to emphasize that something truly looks like or is similar to something else, often in contrast to a previous assumption or belief.
Example: "Despite the differences in their backgrounds, the two siblings actually resemble each other quite closely."
Alternatives: "truly look like" or "genuinely mirror".
Exact(46)
It is notable, however, that this comparison is made in the course of an argument to the effect that the representations in the brain that cause our perceptual and imaginative experiences need not actually resemble their objects: the resemblance between an engraving and what it depicts is, after all, very partial and imperfect.
Mark's résumé doesn't actually resemble Leroy the masochist's.
We flatten it under a brick sometimes to make it actually resemble a steak.
Some, like baby's tears (Soleirolia soleirolii) and Scotch moss (Sagina subulata), actually resemble moss.
When chanting, the girls' cadences actually resemble those of death metal singing.
Many researchers now think, by contrast, that cancers actually resemble normal, well-regulated organs in several important ways.
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After looking at the replay, the Giants' heave actually resembled the high-percentage play.
Bold because it doesn't have fancy coloured highlighting and actually resembles grown-up walking boots.
The early-morning sun was casting a shadow that actually resembled his angular profile.
This exhibition of recent paintings by the Mexican-born artist Olga Hubard actually resembles a book.
Economics often appears to be an exercise in number-crunching, but it actually resembles storytelling more than mathematics.
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