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In this argument, the compute tax would be akin to a pollution tax.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

If they can, then it may well be akin to the teacher grabbing the spoiled kid before he’s able to re-enter the classroom and stomp the Lego village into garbage.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024

Times columnist Bill Plaschke agreed, saying — in L.A. circles — the portrayal would be akin to mocking Sandy Koufax, ridiculing John Wooden or trashing Vin Scully.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2024

And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Few have really described a garden, though the orderly distribution of flowers might be held to be akin to the restraint of rhyme and rhythm in poetry.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse




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