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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An official video, which has since been taken down, showed a vibrant spectacle of fireworks being unleashed from the top of a mountain, forming a winding line that Cai – the mastermind behind 2008 Beijing Olympic Games’ fireworks display – likened to a dragon.
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
To ensure accuracy, the team ran their identifications through thousands of statistical simulations — a process likened to how meteorologists model hurricane tracks — to account for instrument error and assign confidence levels to each match, according to the statement.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Carpenter’s sexuality is so cartoonish she has been likened to Bugs Bunny in drag.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet that hardly mattered, since what was forming was a community that the players now liken to the artists and writers of Paris in the ’20s.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
To ensure accuracy, the team ran their identifications through thousands of statistical simulations — a process likened to how meteorologists model hurricane tracks — to account for instrument error and assign confidence levels to each match, according to the statement.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Carpenter’s sexuality is so cartoonish she has been likened to Bugs Bunny in drag.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet that hardly mattered, since what was forming was a community that the players now liken to the artists and writers of Paris in the ’20s.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Liken to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken%20to. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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