variants
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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
With further analogues in Scythian, Latvian, and Hittite, many researchers now think that the early Indo-Europeans prayed to a sky father known as something like Dyeus Puhter.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Franklin’s closest analogues coaching today are Lane Kiffin and Brian Kelly.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Amylin Treatments Metsera’s drug belongs to a class called long-acting amylin analogues.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
In the coming months and years, Dasgupta suggests, other drugs—potentially including nitazene analogues, as well as certain sedatives his lab has also detected in the drug supply—may become more prominent in the market and fill gaps fentanyl is leaving.
—Connor Greene, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
These types of ingredients are called analogs, Palermino explains.
—Dani Hardman, Allure, 15 Sep. 2025
For now, scientists will continue to test analogs on Earth, such as microorganisms in Antarctic lakes that interact with sulfate minerals.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Formation-flying demonstrations, such as two-craft systems that block light like a mini-eclipse, show the principle but not at the separations and wavelengths needed for nearby Earth analogs.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Ancient trash preserves not just everyday life from 5,000 years ago, the ancient analogues of my Amazon packaging and yogurt pots, but also milestones in human history—in this case, the earliest attempts at a brand new technology called writing.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Franklin’s closest analogues coaching today are Lane Kiffin and Brian Kelly.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Amylin Treatments Metsera’s drug belongs to a class called long-acting amylin analogues.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
In the coming months and years, Dasgupta suggests, other drugs—potentially including nitazene analogues, as well as certain sedatives his lab has also detected in the drug supply—may become more prominent in the market and fill gaps fentanyl is leaving.
—Connor Greene, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
These types of ingredients are called analogs, Palermino explains.
—Dani Hardman, Allure, 15 Sep. 2025
For now, scientists will continue to test analogs on Earth, such as microorganisms in Antarctic lakes that interact with sulfate minerals.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Formation-flying demonstrations, such as two-craft systems that block light like a mini-eclipse, show the principle but not at the separations and wavelengths needed for nearby Earth analogs.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Ancient trash preserves not just everyday life from 5,000 years ago, the ancient analogues of my Amazon packaging and yogurt pots, but also milestones in human history—in this case, the earliest attempts at a brand new technology called writing.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogues
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Lensed in New York by renowned portrait photographer Platon, the campaign unfolds in bold black-and-white images and a series of short films hinging on the five themes of friendship, respect, connection, trust and warmth, completed by behind-the-scenes moments.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Operators should also follow federal aviation rules when using drones for tasks like mapping, surveying or capturing images at public events.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
15 Oct. 2025
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Traditionally, women have been in charge of households’ purse strings and are responsible for more discretionary spending than their male counterparts.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The University of Texas at Austin took a different tone than its counterparts.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Like alien clones of the people her parents are now.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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The new policies also include more explicit bans on unauthorized AI voice clones and deepfakes.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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His commitment to giving back extends beyond individual portraits to larger community projects and murals that celebrate local culture and resilience.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Oct. 2025
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For a final flourish, guests—all handed CD players loaded with the new album—pose for tintype portraits and press wildflowers into keepsakes.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
10 Oct. 2025
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Using employees – the number of people – rather than full-time equivalents makes these numbers difficult to compare directly with EPA’s budget proposals.—
Chris Sellers,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Lucid also promotes the vehicle with city and freeway MPGe equivalents of 114 and 109.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
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While North Korean state media released text accounts of the parade Saturday morning, pictures and video of the event were expected to be released later in the day.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Inside, police found copper wire, rope and pictures of the missing women.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Close parallels to the original Game Face capsule figurine have resold for thousands of dollars on marketplaces like StockX and eBay.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
16 Oct. 2025
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But the parallels continued, as noted in the 2002 documentary, The Tramp and Dictator.—
NPR,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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The lipids used to make fats and the cell membrane are built up two carbons at a time.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Instead of destroying the molecules (which is what most people thought would happen), the beam caused the hydrogens to detach and the carbons to link up, thereby slowly building up a diamond lattice.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Analogues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogues. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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