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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

It's a situation akin to removing the "sickest patients" from hospitals and placing them in backstreet clinics, according to Anders Bach-Mortensen, an associate professor of social care at Roskilde University.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

This playbook is akin to another great company that we studied on Acquired in 2023: Costco.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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

Lettie said as if considering him the Rattler was akin to suspecting Santa Claus.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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