as in similar
having qualities in common
bad-mouthing your sister is analogous to slapping her in the face—it's just as bad
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Recent Examples of analogous
This would be analogous to having one arm tied behind your back.
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Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Dallas has been in a roughly analogous situation before.
—Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
The story positions the protagonist’s work as analogous to nurturing a child.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
The international sphere faces analogous pressures.
—Klaus Schwab, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Dallas has been in a roughly analogous situation before.
—Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
The story positions the protagonist’s work as analogous to nurturing a child.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
The international sphere faces analogous pressures.
—Klaus Schwab, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogous
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Before Thursday night’s ceremony, Stafford walked the red carpet with his wife and daughters, the young girls all wearing similar dresses.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Insights into Alzheimer’s Interestingly, the molecular tricks spiders use to spin their webs are similar to the sophisticated signaling processes found in human neurotransmitter and hormone receptors.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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In a comparable case in the United States in 2023, a federal judge imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm after ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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At the center of this movement is OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, whose generative AI models represent a general-purpose capability—comparable to the steam engine or electric motor—that can amplify nearly every form of knowledge work.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Humans and wildlife alike feast on the fruit, with a taste between a banana and a pineapple and a custard-like texture.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
28 Aug. 2025
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One of my pieces was authenticated through eBay, and the leather, stitching, canvas, and quality are alike.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Venus, by contrast, has multiple layers of cloud-decks spanning something like 20 kilometers in altitude, such that 0% of the surface is typically visible at any time from space, as opposed to more like ~50% for planet Earth.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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But in an era when going viral was not yet a thing, why did early photographers go to such lengths to create false images?—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Analogous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogous. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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