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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
Amylin Treatments Metsera’s drug belongs to a class called long-acting amylin analogues.
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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
Looking 60 years into the future, this map tool predicts the climate of thousands of cities, towns, and suburbs in the 2080s by finding their climate analogs today.
—Big Think, 4 Aug. 2025
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
Looking 60 years into the future, this map tool predicts the climate of thousands of cities, towns, and suburbs in the 2080s by finding their climate analogs today.
—Big Think, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogues
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Breast ultrasound uses sound waves to look at the breast and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses radio waves and magnets to make detailed images, often used for high-risk patients.—
Dr. Megha Gupta,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, along with the official documents, Israel uncovered images of the activist with Birawi.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Devotees give their lives over to the dictates of their AI companions, and some even profess undying love to their digital counterparts, relationships that have led to tragedy.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hockey players have forever been paid less than their counterparts in the other major sports.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
2 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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Then, like a rhizomatous plant, its tentacles have spread, producing clones around the world.—
Dennis Hinkamp,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Projecting his short film and those character portraits was such an interesting concept to start.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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All in all, Pantzer's keen eye and relationships netted him 38 of the artist's watercolors, 3,000 engravings and seven life portraits, according to Newfields' collection overview.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 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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The only thing neighbors’ cameras will share are pictures and clips of dogs that could be yours.—
Mike Feibus,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The reporter had already sent me pictures and audio recordings, promising a complete draft by Monday night.—
Zahra Nader,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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The parallels to what is taking place right now, especially the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, is uncanny.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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The case draws parallels to other high-profile tech fraud cases, particularly that of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, though Javice’s defense team argued her product actually functioned, unlike Holmes’s blood-testing technology.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
1 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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