analogous
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“I think it’s analogous to Amazon Web Services, where the people didn’t expect that AWS would be the most valuable part of Amazon when it started out as a bookstore.”
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
“By contrast, the present case does not involve any analogous creative product or expressive association,” Guerrero wrote, concluding that the California law is instead regulating people’s conduct.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
They show that structures analogous to the superior colliculus -- found in fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals -- share a common purpose: merging sensory and motor information to guide gaze and attention.
From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2025
A few of these reports have included amusing “to be sure” paragraphs, to use trade lingo: brief acknowledgments of some contrary argument or analogous trend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
The men’s admissions pattern was analogous to Gehrig’s hitting pattern—coming to bat more often during the second half of the season when getting a hit is easier.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing analogous
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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