analogy
Example Sentences
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For Africa's leaders, who for years have been arguing that they should be dining at the top table, it was not an unfamiliar analogy.
From BBC
“The way he explains is really good. And he explains in like, metaphors and analogies that you’re surprised to hear,” said Malinin, who debuted the quad axel in 2022 when he was 17.
From Los Angeles Times
But she's also used the water analogy to argue against a ban in the past.
From BBC
The analogy I have long wanted to draw is with Samuel Insull.
Acting as the greengrocer in his analogy, Mr. Carney proclaimed that it is time for world leaders to follow his heroic example, take the proverbial signs out of their windows and speak truth to power.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
