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as in metaphors
a way of describing or explaining one thing by means of describing another with which it shares certain points or qualities
The teacher used the analogy of a common pipeline to explain bandwidth on the Internet.
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as in similarities
resemblance in certain points or qualities between two or more otherwise unlike things
The study made note of analogies between human and ape social behavior.
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Recent Examples of analogies
When the United States joined NATO in 1949, American policymakers pointed to the Rio Pact as a precedent and drew analogies between the alliance’s founding document, the North Atlantic Treaty, and the Monroe Doctrine.
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Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Where words divide, the Saint Laurent aesthetic creates space to breathe and invent new analogies.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
People make close, intense bonds when stuck in the Big Brother house together, and Vince and Morgan’s dynamic crosses more lines with each passing day, emotional cheating threatening to tip into physical even as Vince continues to hopelessly cloak his feelings in flimsy analogies and code phrases.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Foreign observers, too, found analogies to the nineteenth-century Russian intelligentsia irresistible.
—Benjamin Nathans
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
What kind of discourse can draw out such analogies while simultaneously acknowledging and preserving difference?
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The judges jumped in to suggest Kilaru’s analogies weren’t so convincing in the context of a football player like Pavia, who has a limited window to earn NIL money.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Create 5 different metaphors or analogies that would make this idea immediately clear to THIS specific client based on their background and references.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement – the deal that ceded the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler’s Germany in a bid to avert war in Europe — is the granddaddy of historical analogies.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Where words divide, the Saint Laurent aesthetic creates space to breathe and invent new analogies.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
People make close, intense bonds when stuck in the Big Brother house together, and Vince and Morgan’s dynamic crosses more lines with each passing day, emotional cheating threatening to tip into physical even as Vince continues to hopelessly cloak his feelings in flimsy analogies and code phrases.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Foreign observers, too, found analogies to the nineteenth-century Russian intelligentsia irresistible.
—Benjamin Nathans
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
What kind of discourse can draw out such analogies while simultaneously acknowledging and preserving difference?
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The judges jumped in to suggest Kilaru’s analogies weren’t so convincing in the context of a football player like Pavia, who has a limited window to earn NIL money.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Create 5 different metaphors or analogies that would make this idea immediately clear to THIS specific client based on their background and references.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement – the deal that ceded the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler’s Germany in a bid to avert war in Europe — is the granddaddy of historical analogies.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogies
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Its pointed lyrics and dark metaphors have led many to dissect not only Swift’s personal experiences with industry executives but the broader realities facing young artists in the music business today.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Certainly Lockwood’s skill with metaphors has not waned.—
Paul McAdory,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Vasquez seemingly shared no visual similarities to Samuel Vazquez, a 41-year-old accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her dog outside a Publix in Davenport, the outlet reported.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Social media influencers have called out Kai over the logos’ similarities.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As such, more will be required than a World Cup ticket, particularly because physical tickets are vulnerable to counterfeiting, while electronic devices, which may ordinarily be a way to show authentic tickets, are usually forbidden in consular buildings where interviews take place.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Nielsen’s streaming ratings cover viewing on TV sets only and don’t include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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Using employees – the number of people – rather than full-time equivalents makes these numbers difficult to compare directly with EPA’s budget proposals.—
Chris Sellers,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Lucid also promotes the vehicle with city and freeway MPGe equivalents of 114 and 109.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Analogies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogies. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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