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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
Unwind with analog or low-novelty activities, such as reading print, journaling, gentle movement or device-free walking.
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Robin Pickering, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
The elegant analog handwriting of filmmaking has nothing artificial about it, but all of the art.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
And God Created Woman, was a mere eight years younger than Marilyn Monroe, her closest analogue in American popular culture.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Experts have pointed to President John F. Kennedy's quarantine of Cuba in 1962 as an analogue to Trump's approach -- with unknown possibilities inviting risk.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2025
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Robin Pickering, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
The elegant analog handwriting of filmmaking has nothing artificial about it, but all of the art.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
And God Created Woman, was a mere eight years younger than Marilyn Monroe, her closest analogue in American popular culture.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Experts have pointed to President John F. Kennedy's quarantine of Cuba in 1962 as an analogue to Trump's approach -- with unknown possibilities inviting risk.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogue
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That hole eventually became the defining image of Hanceville’s decline.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Television footage and social media images showed police and residents transporting the wounded to nearby hospitals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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Workers ages 18 to 49 with student loans have nest eggs about 20% smaller than those of their debt-free counterparts, with an average balance of $58,000 versus $72,000.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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The schedule only gets more difficult from here, and in the playoffs, series are less about talent and more about matchups, matchups the Knicks need to get ahead of by making the moves their Eastern Conference counterparts have already executed pre-deadline.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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My photographs—portraits, landscapes, still lives, and spaces both vast and claustrophobic—reveal cultural double standards and impermanence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Focusing on Mapplethorpe’s aesthetic research, the exhibition features over 200 works, tracing the evolution of Mapplethorpe’s visual language through themes like portraits, self-portraits, flowers and nudes.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Researchers introduced a p–n heterojunction catalyst that combines graphitic carbon nitride with a carbon nanofiber network hosting dual cobalt active sites.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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The mood around EVs can be attributed to many factors, such as the loss of federal tax credits in 2025; the end of emissions waivers and revenues from carbon credits; and diminished aftermarket values as consumers fear battery degradation and anticipate quickly evolving technologies.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Texas high school football equivalent to the opening bell on Wall Street takes place Monday.—
Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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As for Short’s killer, Mann sifts through the evidence against the many suspects who have been surfaced over the decades, including Leslie Dillon, who would sue the city for the equivalent of millions of dollars today.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Jan. 2026
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OpenAI has launched a new Codex desktop app aimed at helping developers manage multiple AI agents working in parallel across long-running software projects.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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In fact, ayurvedic medicine has its own parallel in the form of the ritual usha paana, which involves drinking lukewarm or room-temp water on an empty stomach in the early hours.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
5 Feb. 2026
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Experts say the rise of AI has dramatically lowered the barrier to fraud, allowing scammers to create convincing websites, clone official logos, and even replicate QR codes from legitimate sources.—
Maria Salette Ontiveros,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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To delineate the murine C3aR coding sequence, gene structure, 5′-flanking region, and chromosome location, cDNA and genomic clones encoding the mouse C3a receptor were isolated, characterized, and used in fluorescence in situ hybridization experiments.—
Kirstin R.W. Matthews,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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Overall, Lighton sought to be nuanced in his portrayal of the couple.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Dormer broke out with her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in Showtime’s The Tudors before going on to broader recognition with her six-season turn as Margaery Tyrell on Game of Thrones.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogue. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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