as in to compare
to describe as similar
analogized the White House scandal to a cancer that was spreading to every internal organ of the body
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Recent Examples of analogize
Some may analogize that to trying to measure up players in high school or Jr. B to major junior.
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Ultimately, the chief justice analogized the case to the Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling that Philadelphia couldn’t exclude a religious agency from its foster care system.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 May 2025
But by hyperbolically analogizing, Mishra seems to be intentionally salting Jewish wounds.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Staking is often analogized to depositing (and locking-in) your funds in a bank account, in which the bank then uses and pays you interest in return.
—Timothy M. Todd, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Ultimately, the chief justice analogized the case to the Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling that Philadelphia couldn’t exclude a religious agency from its foster care system.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 May 2025
But by hyperbolically analogizing, Mishra seems to be intentionally salting Jewish wounds.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Staking is often analogized to depositing (and locking-in) your funds in a bank account, in which the bank then uses and pays you interest in return.
—Timothy M. Todd, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Speaking to members of his Socialist Party, Sánchez compared Israel's military campaign in Gaza to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said both countries should be barred from competition.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Comparisons to Boston, Aurora Patel, the FBI director, compared the rapid manhunt to that of the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Smaller and simpler is an intriguing management strategy in a world where we’ve been taught to equate success with being bigger and more complex.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Komodo, Indonesia Most travelers equate Komodo in the Indonesian archipelago with its fierce dragons, the world’s largest living lizards.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Analogize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogize. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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