analogous
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The word “nocturne,” typically used to describe music, poetry or paintings made to evoke a pensive, nighttime mood, must have seemed vaguely analogous to “Sandman,” which was already the title of a TV show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
"This is, in a meaningful sense, analogous to what large language models like ChatGPT do," explains Reynolds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Bundists weren’t analogous to the Black Panthers, as she suggests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Instead, she made an argument that was analogous to the VMI plaintiffs’.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
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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