analogy
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“It’s a crude analogy, but if you’re living paycheck to paycheck, and your rent doubles in a relatively short period of time, you could be in trouble,” Morales said.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
“The analogy is, I need a new garage, and you tell me I have to buy a new house,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Mohammed El-Erian uses the analogy of a fire brigade that has run out of water.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Wall Street’s optimism rests on a specific analogy.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
If there is insufficient matter to prevent the universe from expanding forever, it must have an open shape, curved like a saddle with a surface extending to infinity in our three-dimensional analogy.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing analogy
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