analogue

variants or analog
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formal something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc.; something that is analogous to something else a modern analog to what happened before the synthetic analog of a chemical found in a tropical tree a meat analogue such as tofu

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Recent Examples of analogue Researchers at the University of California, Davis developed an LSD analogue that has the potential to treat schizophrenia without causing hallucinations. Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Cass Elliot, a seeming analogue for Cassie, does come up in Weiner’s book, but the Mamas & the Papas singer was outgoing and unrestrained. Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 This basic premise has a nuclear analogue: nonnuclear states will fight nuclear opponents, but between nuclear states there is a fragile, often contested, yet enduring peace. Paul Avey, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025 While analogue tools are being celebrated, modern technology is finding its place within the category. Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for analogue
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Noun
  • To backtrack: Sepideh Farsi was compelled by the images coming out of Gaza to travel there.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
  • Escape to paradise without leaving your home with Southern photographer Kristen M. Brown’s new coffee table book Slice of Pura Vida-dise, which features over 150 images of beaches, sunsets, and surf culture, and feels like an instant vacation.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The union says its members want parity with their counterparts who work for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.
    Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Congress, the Executive Branch, and civil society must all play an active role in deepening engagement with their Taiwan counterparts.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Some portraits explore sexuality more overtly than others, but all can be read in the spirit of the exhibition.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
  • This portrait of a chef who moved from Japan in the 1970s delivers a generous helping of warm and fuzzy feels, as its subject faces challenges with determination and celebrates the daily joy of creating beautiful bites.
    Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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  • For much of Texas, this sudden spike is directly attributable to global warming, according to research from Climate Central, an independent group of scientists that works to untangle the link between extreme weather and the background heating caused by carbon pollution.
    Saul Elbein, The Hill, 14 May 2025
  • The company is building a future where carbon is not a liability, but an asset; where innovation isn’t just technical, but ethical; and where national security is powered not by extraction, but by regeneration.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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  • Dear Friends, The film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk directed by Sepideh Farsi, part of the ACID parallel section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, will be screened on May 15th.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 15 May 2025
  • With the Mon Mothma Senate speech, people have drawn many parallels.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • This success has set the stage for the next crisis, primarily because, like Gros Michel, Cavendish bananas are also clones propagated whole from a narrow genetic base.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • Justin, a sunny Dirk Diggler clone, has daddy issues that mushroom into a crush on Guillermo Jacubowicz’s nameless hotel receptionist, a humble single father.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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  • The actor also said that his costar remains his favorite screen portrayal of the intrepid Daily Planet reporter.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 May 2025
  • In 2019, The Two Popes followed the story of Francis’ ascension, and picked up three Oscar nominations, including a nod for Jonathan Pryce for his portrayal of Francis.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
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  • Residents across Jones Creek from Sparrows Point also worry that the excavation would remove some spits of land that jut into the creek and protect their boats and property from winds and waves.
    Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Formentera, a craggy 12-mile spit of land, is a low-key refuge from the party scene in Ibiza, just a 30-minute ferry ride away.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogue. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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