A line graph looks similar to a bar graph, but instead of bars, it plots points and connects them with a line.

According to some developmental psychologists, a baby's play is somehow similar to a scientist's experiment.

And the more frequently mothers had called to their eggs, the more similar were the babies' begging calls.

At least the weather is similar, and the people aren't much different.

Children typically change rules to find a point where their game is similar to the actual sport but still allows for play at their level.

He added that he hopes people in other cities might try similar projects and post their own videos on the Internet.

However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC english as the least.

If I have a \new idea\, I now quickly look to see whether somebody else has already thought of it, or something similar—and I then compare what I think with what others have thought.

In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?

Now similar concerns ares being raised by the giants that deal in data, the oil of the digital age.

Other European countries laid down a similar requirement for immigrants, and some terms are even tougher.

Quickly, she and I developed something very similar to a vulcan mind meld.

Readers will associate themselves closely with what happens in the news stories and share similar feelings with those involved.

Some psychologists suggest that young children learn about more than just the physical world in this way---that they investigate human psychology and the rules of language using similar means.

The move, imitating a similar structure in far eastern cities such as Hong Kong, is designed to increase the number of people using long escalators at the busiest times.

The pronunciation is fine with me, and its vocabulary is similar to English.

Translated into high school terms, this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what jane said, then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar will get you the same kind of negative attention.

TV doesn't take the place of reading for most children; it takes the place of similar sorts of recreation, such as listening to the radio and playing sports.

When the eggs were hatched, the baby birds made the similar chirp to their mothers—a sound that served as their regular \Feed me!\ call.

This type of memory ( ' , where you are trying to remember new, but similar information) is particularly vulnerable to interference.

Then, Jeff King, a four-time champion, reported a similar attack.

The findings of the latest research were similar to an earlier multi-state study of assisted living.

Interfering with a wireless security system is similar to interfering with a conversation.

If everyone around you has similar views, your work will suffer from confirmation bias ( ' , 偏颇 ).

And, perhaps, similar to sails, they make a useful back-up for when the lights go out.

Studies have shown, for instance, that eating in front of the TV ( or a similar distraction) can increase both hunger and the amount of food consumed.

The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale(士气).

Today's economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably(无法弥补地)ruined

The real test of character is whether we can learn from our mistake, by understanding why we acted as we did and then exploring ways to avoid similar problems in the future.

In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.

They have effects similar to those of a marriage

The amount of sleep for each person is similar.

Speakers or English have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the opposite of the Colombian gesture

In a similar survey conducted in Japan, the most popular free time activity was eating out.

Although people around the world may enjoy doing similar things in their free time, there's evidence to suggest that these interests are changing

If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks, or why their men wear pants instead of skirts, or why they may be married to only one person at a time, we are likely to get similar and very uninformative answers: Because it's right.

They share similar interests with friends.

It cannot last long without similar family background.

Among other requirements, they must offer a side dish that meets similar criteria, with fewer than 200 calories and less than 35%of its calories from sugar

Velez and other fire fighters throughout North America, who give similar presentations, will never know how many lives they save through their talks.

He has gone through a similar experience.

All these clothes are similar to the space Suit designs that kept astronauts comfortable in the temperatures of the moon, and are spin-offs from space technology.

Although it is possible that only people who are cognitively healthy would pursue such activities, those who read newspapers or magazines or played music did not show similar benefits.

During deep sleep, the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins.

During deep sleep,the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins.

If everyone around you has similar views, your work will suffer from confirmation bias.

If you are familiar with microsoft Excel or a similar program, creating a table is a simple and effective way to keep track of your job applications.

It has a similar effect to writing by hand.

It sets a new bar for similar initiatives across the county.

Last year, a study from Aston University in the UK used nearly identical parameters to our study and found similar results.

similar measures in California's Albany, Oakland, San Francisco and Colorado's Boulder are becoming hot-button issues health advocacy groups have hinted that even more might be coming.

similar shares say electorate and corporate America are just not ready to put more women in top leadership positions.

There have been similar findings in Australia, Brazil, Canada and the US.

This is similar to what's happening in the coal and oil industries, a situation that fuels much of the current political discontent in this county.

This type of memory where you are trying to remember new, but similar informatio is particularly vulnerable to interference.

Women struggle to say no in the workplace for similar reasons, including the desire to be liked by their colleagues.

You can create a table in Microsoft Word or a similar word processor.

American parents, whether rich or poor, have similar expectations of their children despite different ways of parenting.

American parents want similar things for their children, the Pew report and past research have found: for them to be healthy and happy, honest and ethical, caring and compassionate.

The House bill has no similar tax.

If private plans demanded similar productivity savings from providers, and refused to let providers shift additional costs to them, the savings could be much larger.

Shockingly, the two groups came up with plans of similar quality ( ' , although the college students had better spelling skills).

Professor Weber believes that environmental policy can make use of similar tactics.

A similar but reversed pattern was found for the activities associated with greater well-being.

A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the Net and its offspring apps, social media sites and online games of addicting us to distraction.

Another study also found eating a high-fat and high-sugar breakfast each day for as little as four days resulted in problems with learning and memory similar to those observed in overweight and obese individuals.

For a similar reason, online gambling is highly popular.

I spent all last week end researching what topics are popular, what words to use in captions and similar accounts to follow.

In contrast, adults behaved in similar ways regardless of whether they were on their own or observed by others.

In general, your attitudes will be internally consistent only when the behavior is easy, and when those around you hold similar beliefs.

Pamela Harris, a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, has a similar perspective.

Shockingly, the two groups came up with plans of similar quality although the college students had better spelling skills.

similar studies tested whether students learned basic physics and chemistry concepts better by reading plain text or viewing pictures to and everyone do better with the help of pictures.

The first Cube Sat was created in the early 2000s, as a way of enabling Stanford graduate students to design, build, test and operate a spacecraft with similar capabilities to the USSR's Sputnik.

There are more than plenty in our city, and we felt they are all rather similar to each other.

Yet on these and similar formations in deserts around the world, a few fierce plants have adapted to endure under ever-changing conditions.

Similar to newly staked mining claims, they are full of potential.

They should start by discarding California’s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone — a vast storehouse of digital information — is similar to, say, rifling through a suspect’s purse.

The policy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings.

It's not hard to imagine a similar reversal happening in London.

One of the remarkable findings of the study was that the similar genes seem to be evolving faster than other genes.

Other industries are recruiting them with similar or better pay.

Perhaps,as the team suggests, it draws us to similar environments but there is more to it.

similar to newly staked mining claims, they are full of potential.

The bills are similar to a measure recently adopted in California, which last year became the first state to require gender quotas for private companies.

The findings do not simply explain people's tendency to befriend those of similar ethnic backgrounds, say the researchers.

They should start by discarding California's lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone—a vast storehouse of digital information—is similar to, say, going through a suspect's purse.

This and other similar cases raise the question of whether there is still a line between the court and politics.

This would be reasonable if it were not for the fact that scientists can easily arrange to cite themselves in their future publications, or get associates to do so for them in return for similar favours.

Yet humans remain fascinated by the idea of robots that would look, move, and respond like humans, similar to those recently depicted on popular sci-fi TV series such as \Westworld\ and \Humans\.