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Fill in the blank to complete the sentence:

The way they weave carpets in this region is not ______ to the way they are made in the neighboring state.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

Option 1 -> "divergent" typically collocates with "from" not "to", making it grammatically incorrect here.

Option 2 -> "diverse" doesn't collocate with "to" and would be grammatically incorrect in this context.

Option 3 -> "discrete" means separate/distinct but doesn't pair with "to" grammatically.

Option 4 -> "dissimilar" correctly collocates with "to" (dissimilar to), and "not dissimilar to" is a double negative meaning "similar to".


Hence, Option 4: dissimilar -> The phrase "not dissimilar to" is a common English expression using a double negative to indicate similarity. The sentence means the carpet-weaving methods in both regions are similar -> correct

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