homologous

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Recent Examples of homologous Another interesting recommendation from ACIP is to use vaccines from the same manufacturer (homologous vaccines). 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
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Adjective
  • Deliveries are up 8% versus the analogous stretch in 2024, and while some of those gains may be attributed to the adjustments made to the ratings currency, the league has capitalized on a schedule that ensured maximal exposure for the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs and … Detroit Lions.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There’s an analogous cool-verging-on-blasé lyrical delivery set off by animalesque saxophones.
    Rumaan Alam, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Over the past two decades, China has risen from imitator to innovator, advancing rapidly in new energy, robotics, batteries and drones—and related military power.
    Rebecca A. Fannin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The benefit plan defines a qualified spouse in four ways, including a person married to an active MLB player or a retired MLB player who is in active service, meaning a coach, manager or related job.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Below deck, the power plant can crank out 198 kWe for sensors and weapon systems – that's twice the payload space and electrical power of a comparable autonomous vessel.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
  • These simulations suggest that methane could be released at a rate of a few hundred kilograms per second, making the level of activity comparable to the water plumes on Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Mathematicians are close to applying this exactitude to homological mirror symmetry, a program that vastly extends string theory’s original idea of mirror symmetry.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2017

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“Homologous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homologous. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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