analogue

variants or analog
as in image
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 Merging classical watchmaking features with 1970s aesthetics and cutting-edge technology, the RD#5 is a stunning horological coup—one suggesting that sometimes, analog really is better. Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2025 Many workers lack clear guidance on post-employment options, and the analog, paperwork-heavy rollover process feels daunting. Brian Menickella, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 An insignificant other analog-model handsome. Randall Mann, The New York Review of Books, 18 Sep. 2025 For the Talking Headsʼ 1984 documentary, Stop Making Sense, Moss became the first person to transfer analog recordings to 24-track digital as an audio engineer. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for analogue
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  • The Rehabilitation A week after Manes’ departure, Johnson posted the image of himself posing with Bukele and their families in front of a Christmas tree.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • When police released images of the weapon, Robinson’s father texted his son, asking for a picture of the gun, according to the charging document.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Republicans, women, older adults, and people living in the South are consistently more religious than their counterparts.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Like their counterparts abroad, some American tobacco smokers in the Cold War era continued to roll their own cigarettes.
    Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
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  • Uzbek artist Feruza Kholkhujaeva filled courtyards with potted plants that will slowly die, a portrait of grief.
    Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Wolitzer’s debut novel, about a trio of college students each obsessed with a different dead poet, is both a striking coming-of-age story and a compelling portrait of grief.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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  • China, the world’s largest carbon polluter, has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions 7–10 percent below peak levels by 2035.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The company is on track to cut a gigaton of carbon emissions from its customers’ footprint by 2030, launching 190 new products and solutions in the last year alone, using tech to optimize electricity usage in buildings.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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  • Roeback also wrote about the imminent deployment of the National Guard to Memphis, drawing parallels to the aggressive policing of ICE and noting a recent fatal shooting in Chicago.
    Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
  • One historical parallel here is that in 2018, Democrats ended a shutdown after Mitch McConnell promised them a vote on Dreamers — a promise that failed to ever pass.
    Nik Popli, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • Construction in the section of Jackson Park, often described as Chicago’s equivalent of Central Park, has been slow.
    Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But no amount of finessing the Beetle—the automotive equivalent of a Birkenstock sandal—would turn VW’s ugly duckling into a swan.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The new policies also include more explicit bans on unauthorized AI voice clones and deepfakes.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Google quickly changed its Android prototype from a Blackberry clone to something more closely resembling the iPhone.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • There's been much written about Brett Goldstein's award-winning turn as Ted Lasso's Roy Kent and his nuanced portrayal of Louis on Shrinking, but his writing credits are just as impressive (on Ted Lasso, Shrinking, and more).
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Phantom Thread is a masterfully claustrophobic portrayal of a ’50s fashion house, as well as a nuanced depiction of a petty despot ruling over his small kingdom.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogue. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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