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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
Bowser also condemned recent remarks by Trump's deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, who likened D.C. to Baghdad.
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Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Ma likens OpenWav to WeChat, the Chinese super-app where its users can do everything from send messages to pay their bills.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
Some liken it to TV static or a fan running—which happens to be the key mechanism in one of my favorite sound machines, the Snooz (see below).
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 7 Aug. 2025
Jacquart likens this stepwise process to a choose-your-own-adventure book.
—Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
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Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Ma likens OpenWav to WeChat, the Chinese super-app where its users can do everything from send messages to pay their bills.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
Some liken it to TV static or a fan running—which happens to be the key mechanism in one of my favorite sound machines, the Snooz (see below).
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 7 Aug. 2025
Jacquart likens this stepwise process to a choose-your-own-adventure book.
—Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
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Vreeland compared the cost to paying for installing wheelchair ramps and working elevators.—
Allana Smith,
Freep.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Researchers compared the quality of colonoscopy conducted three months before and three months after AI was implemented.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
13 Aug. 2025
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The price currently equates for a base rate in the region of 3.75%—representing a cut of two measures from the Fed.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Aug. 2025
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Quite literally mimicking the effect of watercolor paint on paper, pro makeup artist Kasey Spickard equates its rise in popularity to beauty’s shift towards skincare-makeup hybrids as another take on a natural flush—perhaps even a reactionary response to the heavy matte makeup of the 2010s.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
31 July 2025
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“Liken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liken. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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