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as in to equate
to regard or represent as equal or comparable
I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent
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Recent Examples of liken
And although the soil match to Barolo is off, Harvey likens the blue metamorphic schist with a high mineral content to Piedmont DOCG Gattinara, which is known for its high quality but still under the radar Nebbiolo.
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
How does President Trump — who unabashedly likens himself to Napoleon — compare in stature, intellect and commendable achievements?
—W.e. Gutman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
President Trump likened his current term in office to the Gilded Age and rightly so.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Jacobs, a White man, likened Walton, a Black woman, to David Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 June 2025
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
How does President Trump — who unabashedly likens himself to Napoleon — compare in stature, intellect and commendable achievements?
—W.e. Gutman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
President Trump likened his current term in office to the Gilded Age and rightly so.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Jacobs, a White man, likened Walton, a Black woman, to David Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liken
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Broken down by party, 98% of Republicans favored the policy, compared with 84% of independents and 67% of Democrats, Gallup found.—
Daniel Bice,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Michigan's cannabis industry has sold $1.3 billion in recreational products through May this year, a 2.6% decline compared with the same period last year, according to a Detroit Free Press analysis of the CRA's monthly sales reports.—
Adrienne Roberts,
Freep.com,
8 July 2025
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Mediation is a delicate subject in India because of the country’s bruising colonial experience; it is often equated with an assault on Indian sovereignty.—
Vaibhav Vats,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
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Anthony Rapa, a Blank Rome lawyer in Washington who advises firms on trade, operations and investments, said the government’s intervention in the Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal is another sign of a trend that the U.S. is increasingly equating economic security with national security.—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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“Liken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liken. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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