analogies
Example Sentences
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To make the idea easier to understand, he uses several analogies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
I’m very wary of these sort of political analogies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
But, to keep the farmyard analogies going, Serkis is bullish.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
But Hemani serves as a reminder that analogies are easiest to make from a distance.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
It takes cognitive toil and literary dexterity to pare an argument to its essentials, narrate it in an orderly sequence, and illustrate it with analogies that are both familiar and accurate.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
