analogues

variants or analogs
plural of analogue
as in images
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 analogues Other researchers used the theory to derive Navier-Stokes analogues for exotic states of matter, like fracton matter. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026 And while Ukraine has begun to resolve navigational issues with its missiles, such as the Flamingo, those weapons are still not as accurate — or as stealthy — as their Western analogues. Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 The researchers also considered case studies from analogs including Antarctic research missions and time aboard submarines or oil rigs, as some examples. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 9 July 2026 Humans have no innate cognitive machinery designed to string letters into words and connect them to their real-world analogues. Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 To be clear, however, operations on phi-bits are not quantum computations, only classical analogues of quantum computer systems. IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2026 The number of distinct fentanyl analogs reported to the UNODC subsequently plummeted, while reports of nitazenes quickly picked up. Jonathan Moens — Bellingcat, STAT, 18 June 2026 Throughout history, researchers have found mathematical analogs of Higgs mode in various materials. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026 But 749 died after taking fentanyl and fentanyl analogues. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
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Noun
  • The trove of women’s bloomers, drawers, knickers, brassieres, corsets, and girdles is just a small part of the school’s historic clothing collection, with images shared by the University of Wyoming Libraries via JSTOR.
    April White, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Her paintings, like her images, feel like moving through a fog made of glass and wood, chaos and restraint, Lilith in a Victorian steel mill.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • This is where these cars actually outshine their Western counterparts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, unlike their civilian counterparts, some troops can see their paychecks change many times a year, depending on many factors — something that also increases the likelihood of errors.
    Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some females, however, reproduce asexually by making clones of themselves.
    Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
  • That’s in contrast to bacteria, which reproduce asexually, creating clones that are often nearly identical and easy to trace.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • Down the line, the cofounders will eventually add in affiliate links from programs like ShopMy and other equivalents.
    Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • OpenRouter's Justin Summerville told the network that open Chinese models can run 60% to 90% cheaper than the leading Anthropic and OpenAI equivalents.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • In portraits in homes and classrooms, in daily photographs on the front page of the country’s main party newspaper, on the lapel badges that citizens had pinned over their hearts, Kim’s image was the very iconography of the state.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • After two decades in commercial property and about two years of drawing bad dog portraits, Heckels quit his job and started drawing portraits nearly every day instead.
    Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • Starting in the 1930s, as talking pictures and then radio and TV supplanted theater as the prime form of mass entertainment, some were converted to cinemas.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
  • And, apparently, the eerie pictures are turning people's stomachs.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • The obvious comparison with Anthony Gordon has been made by pundits and there are parallels with the adaptable forward Newcastle sold to Barcelona in May for up to €80million.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • While the factual circumstances differ, there are notable parallels between social-media apps and sports-betting apps.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • Unlike conventional porous carbons, which interact only weakly with polysulfides, COFs possess periodically arranged pores whose dimensions, chemical environments, and electronic characteristics can be programmed by design.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
  • While the backbone is always the same, the number of carbons in the fatty acids can vary.
    Rosemary Trout, The Conversation, 10 June 2026

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“Analogues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogues. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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