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akin

[uh-kin] / əˈkɪn /


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Start plotting your Roth conversions in a manner akin to a Shakespearean conspiracist.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Young workers who grew up texting and DMing seem to view many emails as one-way communiqués, akin to hard-copy memos.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

It is further insulting to gestational carriers, genetic donors, and intended parents to suggest that the mutual creation of a child is somehow akin to the bondage of chattel slavery.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Investors are looking to Moderna to deliver another breakthrough, akin to its pivotal role in launching the second authorized Covid-19 vaccine in the U.S. at the height of the pandemic.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Du Bois eloquently reminds us, former slaves had “a brief moment in the sun” before they were returned to a status akin to slavery.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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