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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as alike" is not correct in standard written English
It is typically used in comparative contexts, but it is often incomplete or awkward without additional context. Example: "The two paintings are not as alike as they seem at first glance."
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Public School 30 and Public School 179 are about as alike as two schools can be.
"Deneta and I are as alike as two people can be," Mr. Sells said.
"The two fields are as alike as an apple and an orange," Dr. Nwankpa-Kesaidro said.
"They look about as alike," Mr. Carter said, "as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito".
1. THE BARBERS, IDENTICAL TWINS, ARE NOT AS ALIKE AS THEY LOOK -- Tiki and Ronde spend a day in Manhattan.
Ms. McTeer and Ms. Walter make it piercingly clear that their characters are as alike as they are different.
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They concluded that identicals reared apart were as much alike as identicals reared together.
Friends described the two as more alike than different, both competitive, both self-made, both guaranteed to hold a grudge.
Partisans may be sorry to learn that the two regions strike some of them as increasingly alike.
Partisans may be sorry to learn that the two regions strike some scholars as increasingly alike, despite many real differences.
They are different at the same time as being alike, and that's why I enjoyed it so much.
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