analogy

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A humiliating incident in a pool surrounded by her repulsed classmates echoes an iconic scene from “Carrie,” with Ducournau crafting an analogy for traumatic adolescent rites of passage like menstruation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

And that’s why the mortgage analogy is so important.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

But the analogy is relevant in a way Messrs. Levine and Netanyahu miss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Instead of a simple one to one analogy, the researchers identified nine distinct energy bands.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

You will use arguments of analogy and probability and induction, as discussed earlier.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith