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look like

it looks like . It seems likely that, as in It looks like they'll invite us to dinner . [ Colloquial ; c. 1900] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with look like .
Have the appearance of, as in This letter looks like an acceptance . [c. 1400]

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Although there is great uncertainty, right now it looks like the federal government is freezing out Golden State libraries altogether.

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At some point, it looked like the deal was pretty much done - but then came the Covid-19 pandemic and suddenly it fell through.

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Or, more to the point, one that looked like her.

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I don't pretend to know what football will look like in a decade.

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Prof Bellitto says there is no way of knowing with any degree of accuracy what the three popes looked like.

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