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 But street versions of the drug are also prevalent as chemists in basement laboratories create novel ketamine analogs. — Christopher P. Holstege, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026 Current research focuses on whether lowering the dose or synthesizing chemical analogs of rapamycin can produce its beneficial effects without the problems. — Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 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
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Noun
  • My daughter happily colored images of the hotel’s then mascot, Buster the canine, while waiting for her avocado roll and edamame.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Haney challenged that reconstruction, questioning gaps in surveillance images and noting that no witness or camera captured the ignition.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • But defense lawyer Wada said they were seldom used when the detention was shorter than two weeks, leaving minors to face similar conditions to their adult counterparts.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In another warning sign for Republicans, Kansas’ Democratic gubernatorial nominee Cindy Holscher and Senate nominee Adam Hamilton both narrowly led their Republican counterparts, within the poll’s margin of error.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Since its earliest days, the video game industry has been built on developers creating clones of competing games, with varying levels of originality and varying levels of enforcement from game platforms.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In other words, the researchers were able to produce both male and female clones from the same donor male.
    — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The order exempts stops at ports of entry, checkpoints and other functional equivalents of the border.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The company held almost $132 billion in cash, equivalents and short-term investments at the end of June.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Included in the exhibition are four portraits of Roman emperors whose statues once stood at Boubon’s Sebasteion, a monumental display dedicated to the Roman imperial family, notes Tech Times.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • To the left is a hallway of private rooms, lined with porthole window portraits of Madonna, Morrissey, Elvis, and all the other greats.
    — Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
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  • James Emery, an underwater photographer from Monterey took pictures of an olive ridley sea turtle swimming near the town's wharf.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • In fact, the only previous cinematic encounter was the unfortunate 2003 live-action version with Mike Myers that flopped critically and at the box office, winning a pathetic 10 Razzie nominations as one of the worst pictures of that year.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Some of these behavioral changes offer hints at parallels in human brains.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Steeped in uncomfortable parallels, the Absolute world often expresses the very real issues writers — and readers — are facing daily.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The company will produce conductive carbons and carbon nanostructures designed to improve the performance of next-generation batteries at facilities in Louisiana and Texas.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 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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