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Example Sentences
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Taken as a whole, the moves turn Galaxy’s Edge into something more akin to a “Star Wars” greatest hits land.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike the “private” mortgage bonds that turned toxic after 2006, the agency market is considered a relatively safe asset class, akin to the $30 trillion Treasury market.
From MarketWatch
The FAA, which also oversees commercial space launches, predicted the impact to the national airspace would be “minor or minimal,” akin to a weather event, the agency’s 2022 approval shows.
From Salon
Giana Eckhardt, a professor of marketing at King's College London, argues that such homes have become a new form of "social status currency", akin to a rare handbag or huge diamond ring.
From BBC
An incoming shot should be considered a “bullet from the enemy” while a defensive breach was akin to an incursion into Pyongyang—where the “General,” or ruling leader Kim, resides.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
