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Recent Examples of homologous
Another interesting recommendation from ACIP is to use vaccines from the same manufacturer (homologous vaccines).
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Judy Stone, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Brain probes conducted during virtual jaunts have uncovered many points that apply to the human brain also, which is homologous to the mouse brain, Dombeck notes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023
While the similarity could be just phenomenological, this indicates a possibility that mycelium networks transform information via interaction of spikes and trains of spikes in manner homologous to neurons.
—Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 20 Oct. 2023
In general, these have shown it’s about as good as, and in some cases better than, a homologous regimen.
—Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2021
These include cutting the genome into fragments that can later be joined together or, more recently, using the ISA protocol, whereby overlapping fragments naturally come together in cells through homologous recombination: a phenomenon in which two DNA molecules exchange fragments.
—Virginie Courtier, Quartz, 4 June 2021
Judy Stone, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Brain probes conducted during virtual jaunts have uncovered many points that apply to the human brain also, which is homologous to the mouse brain, Dombeck notes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023
While the similarity could be just phenomenological, this indicates a possibility that mycelium networks transform information via interaction of spikes and trains of spikes in manner homologous to neurons.
—Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 20 Oct. 2023
In general, these have shown it’s about as good as, and in some cases better than, a homologous regimen.
—Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2021
These include cutting the genome into fragments that can later be joined together or, more recently, using the ISA protocol, whereby overlapping fragments naturally come together in cells through homologous recombination: a phenomenon in which two DNA molecules exchange fragments.
—Virginie Courtier, Quartz, 4 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homologous
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The public nuisance theory in the New Mexico case is designed to produce an analogous structural outcome for social media.—
Carolina Rossini,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2026
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Beitler sees scrolling on TikTok as analogous to surfing TV channels.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Was it related to an elite Iron Age burial?—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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The order ending birthright citizenship, one of 26 executive orders issued on the president’s first day in office, has been barred from taking effect by numerous courts and will be heard by the Supreme Court in a related case in April.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, the city has not made comparable investments in police cameras, license plate readers and real-time surveillance tools that could help prevent or solve violent crime.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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California, New York and Texas are among the 13 states with comparable measures.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
23 Mar. 2026
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For the past three decades, he’s been focused on developing a program called homological mirror symmetry, which has its roots in string theory.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Dec. 2025
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Sheridan, Sheel Ganatra and Timothy Perutz—is building on seminal ideas introduced in 1990s by Kontsevich related to his homological mirror symmetry conjecture.—
Kevin Hartnett,
WIRED,
15 Apr. 2018
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“Homologous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homologous. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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