akin
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Start plotting your Roth conversions in a manner akin to a Shakespearean conspiracist.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
The play is in the lonely-folks-trying-to-connect genre, akin to “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune” and “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
It is further insulting to gestational carriers, genetic donors, and intended parents to suggest that the mutual creation of a child is somehow akin to the bondage of chattel slavery.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
The deal struck by Rahm is said to be "akin" to what the other eight players agreed last February.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Yet the two were in some way akin and not alien: they could reach one another’s minds.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing akin
The Kite Runner
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