as in to compare
to describe as similar
analogized the White House scandal to a cancer that was spreading to every internal organ of the body
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Recent Examples of analogize
Some may analogize that to trying to measure up players in high school or Jr. B to major junior.
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
But by hyperbolically analogizing, Mishra seems to be intentionally salting Jewish wounds.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Staking is often analogized to depositing (and locking-in) your funds in a bank account, in which the bank then uses and pays you interest in return.
—Timothy M. Todd, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
This exceptional decision would have the effect of robbing states of jurisdiction not only over climate cases, but also over a range of other tort and products liability cases that future defendants would analogize to these suits.
—David A. Dana, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2024
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
But by hyperbolically analogizing, Mishra seems to be intentionally salting Jewish wounds.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Staking is often analogized to depositing (and locking-in) your funds in a bank account, in which the bank then uses and pays you interest in return.
—Timothy M. Todd, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
This exceptional decision would have the effect of robbing states of jurisdiction not only over climate cases, but also over a range of other tort and products liability cases that future defendants would analogize to these suits.
—David A. Dana, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2024
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Last year, researchers compared the climate predictions from four computer models that considered plant vapors.—
Max G. Levy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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Wang’s team compared the highly active genes in both rabbits and mice after injury and traced the roots of this difference to a gene called Aldh1a2, which was strongly activated in rabbits and remained inactive in mice.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 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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Too many men still equate emotional struggle with weakness.—
Silvia Quintana,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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“Analogize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogize. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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