liken to
phrasal verb
likened to; likening to; likens to
: to describe (someone or something) as similar to (someone or something else)
Some critics have likened his writing to Faulkner's.
She likened her trip to a pilgrimage.
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The system is likened to how a theater brings a scene on stage and will be motorized, with a rotary mechanism to revolve its bedroom, kitchen/dining area, and a bathroom using the platform, as required.
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Adam Williams
july 22, New Atlas, 22 July 2025
The movement, which has been likened to a virtual cult, imagined that Trump was secretly fighting a cabal of Democrat child abusers.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Another innovation is a novel way of interlinking qubits in a three-dimensional matrix that Chow likened to a physical neural network, where qubits are connected like neurons in a brain, enabling richer and more scalable interactions.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
This might be likened to trying to make a blockbuster movie.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
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Adam Williams
july 22, New Atlas, 22 July 2025
The movement, which has been likened to a virtual cult, imagined that Trump was secretly fighting a cabal of Democrat child abusers.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Another innovation is a novel way of interlinking qubits in a three-dimensional matrix that Chow likened to a physical neural network, where qubits are connected like neurons in a brain, enabling richer and more scalable interactions.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
This might be likened to trying to make a blockbuster movie.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
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“Liken to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken%20to. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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