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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
The analogs to staking on other assets have also crossed over to BTC, where holders want consistent ways to grow their stack without risking principal.
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Alexander S. Blume, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Hawaii argues there are numerous historical analogues in the colonial and Reconstruction eras that show a tradition of regulating firearms on private property.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 11 Jan. 2026
Artificial structures built to mimic these natural dams, called beaver-dam analogs (BDAs), are becoming a vital tool for ecosystem restoration.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
According to senior author Jonah Piovia-Scott, Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at WSU Vancouver, there’s plenty of active research into building beaver-dam analogues (BDAs) woven from willow and other plant matter.
—New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2025
Germany most explicitly spells out the duty to disobey unlawful orders (nobody has ever questioned the duty to obey lawful ones, obviously), while France, Britain, Israel and other Western countries have analogs.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
There's not many past analogs to draw from and say [with confidence] about how this is going to go.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
These panels can reliably identify heroin, oxycodone, and fentanyl, but fail to catch nitazenes, brorphine, or other new synthetic analogs.
—Dr. Shravani Durbhakula, Time, 19 Nov. 2025
On July 1, 2025, China implemented a generic ban targeting nitazene analogues.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2025
Alexander S. Blume, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Hawaii argues there are numerous historical analogues in the colonial and Reconstruction eras that show a tradition of regulating firearms on private property.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 11 Jan. 2026
Artificial structures built to mimic these natural dams, called beaver-dam analogs (BDAs), are becoming a vital tool for ecosystem restoration.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
According to senior author Jonah Piovia-Scott, Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at WSU Vancouver, there’s plenty of active research into building beaver-dam analogues (BDAs) woven from willow and other plant matter.
—New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2025
Germany most explicitly spells out the duty to disobey unlawful orders (nobody has ever questioned the duty to obey lawful ones, obviously), while France, Britain, Israel and other Western countries have analogs.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
There's not many past analogs to draw from and say [with confidence] about how this is going to go.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
These panels can reliably identify heroin, oxycodone, and fentanyl, but fail to catch nitazenes, brorphine, or other new synthetic analogs.
—Dr. Shravani Durbhakula, Time, 19 Nov. 2025
On July 1, 2025, China implemented a generic ban targeting nitazene analogues.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogues
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As night fell, a crowd gathered at the site of the shooting in a residential area of the city's Central neighborhood, aerial TV images showed.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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Further images show Ryder enjoying a cocktail and spending time with his little sister, Rani, who Hudson welcomed in 2018 with her fiancé, Danny Fujikawa.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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So far, Batson hasn’t found much support among programmers, who still wield enormous influence in the format — more, for sure, than their Top 40 counterparts do in pop.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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The financial parity for men’s and women’s basketball marks a departure from Wisconsin’s existing arrangement with Under Armour, dating to 2016, which awarded the women around half the bonus compensation available to their male counterparts.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The actress, who won an Emmy for her multifaceted work, plays five genetic clones, each with their own distinct personality and lifestyle.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Jan. 2026
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As narrator Fennel Tycho explains how the heist went south, Tanzer examines real versus fake, clones versus their primes, and synthselves versus humans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
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Most experts recommend maintaining one to three years of expenses in cash or cash equivalents, plus an emergency fund that covers several months' worth of expenses.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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These are typically significantly lighter than Garmin’s silicone equivalents.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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On the north side of the building, black-and-white portraits of six local community members are painted larger than life, watching over the neighborhood.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2026
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Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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To wrap up 2025 and her first full year as a pro athlete, Clark shared a collage of pictures, including an adorable one with her boyfriend.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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The camera gets pictures and video of coyotes multiple times a week, Routh said.—
Kendrick Calfee
Updated January 22,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2026
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The first is an 18-karat pink-gold model on an Arroyo gray calf leather strap with a silvery dial in a grid-style globe pattern, where the meridians and parallels are engraved and polished.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
19 Jan. 2026
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Most of Go’s characters are bubbly and extroverted, but without spoilers, there are some parallels between her and her character Mu Hee in this situation.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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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 26 Jan. 2026.
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