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as in to equate
to regard or represent as equal or comparable
I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent
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Recent Examples of liken
Lucas Gelfond, a software engineer, likened the uniformity that these products encourage to the effects of mass manufacturing following the Industrial Revolution.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
Dybantsa has impressed talent evaluators with his scoring fundamentals and versatility that liken comparisons to Kevin Durant and Paul George.
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Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
For 80 years the most magical music festival in America has taken place over a long early June weekend in a town that got its name from the Chumash word for moon, that likens itself to Shangri-la and that lets time stop for those sudden moments when the setting sun pinkens the Topatopa mountains.
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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Adams likened the conditions on the boat to having a bunch of teenagers — with no seatbelts or airbags — in the back of a pick-up truck and zipping down an unpaved road.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
Dybantsa has impressed talent evaluators with his scoring fundamentals and versatility that liken comparisons to Kevin Durant and Paul George.
—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
For 80 years the most magical music festival in America has taken place over a long early June weekend in a town that got its name from the Chumash word for moon, that likens itself to Shangri-la and that lets time stop for those sudden moments when the setting sun pinkens the Topatopa mountains.
—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Adams likened the conditions on the boat to having a bunch of teenagers — with no seatbelts or airbags — in the back of a pick-up truck and zipping down an unpaved road.
—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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Transits tripled to 93 last weekend compared with the prior comparable period, according to ship-tracking data provider MarineTraffic, but remain far below pre-war levels when more than 100 ships transited the strait each day.
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Addressing viewers resistant to change, Ouweleen compared the show’s evolution to that of a favorite band.
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What the rise of 'chalance' says about dating People have equated aloofness with coolness since long before the internet came around.
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But stop equating Israel with true genocidal states like Nazi Germany.
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“Liken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liken. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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