as in comparing
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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The result is a standardized way of comparing chocolate, allowing cacao to be priced and valued according to its quality.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 May 2026 -
Executives at Nielsen don’t see TV ratings going away, however, because impressions remain an apples-to-apples way of comparing one TV or streaming program to another.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 May 2026
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Contemporary theories of consciousness generally attempt to bridge this gap by equating consciousness with some measurable, physical property of the brain.—
Conor Feehly,
Big Think,
10 Mar. 2026
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The administration reframes the drug war as military conflict, equating cartels to terrorist groups like ISIS and prioritizing lethal force over law enforcement.—
Joshua Goodman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Analogizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogizing. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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