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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
Some have likened Barrett to the late Justice David Souter, who was appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush and later branded a turncoat.
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Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 25 June 2025
On social media, some fans have likened Kubica’s ascent back to the top of racing to a Hollywood movie.
—Rory Fleming, CNN Money, 21 June 2025
Luiz likens her work to digging through trash to get a fuller picture of what life used to be like, then documenting that for posterity.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
Lopez likened the job change to taking a position with the University of California system because CPS HR Consulting is another public entity.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025
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Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 25 June 2025
On social media, some fans have likened Kubica’s ascent back to the top of racing to a Hollywood movie.
—Rory Fleming, CNN Money, 21 June 2025
Luiz likens her work to digging through trash to get a fuller picture of what life used to be like, then documenting that for posterity.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
Lopez likened the job change to taking a position with the University of California system because CPS HR Consulting is another public entity.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025
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Last year, researchers compared the climate predictions from four computer models that considered plant vapors.—
Max G. Levy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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Wang’s team compared the highly active genes in both rabbits and mice after injury and traced the roots of this difference to a gene called Aldh1a2, which was strongly activated in rabbits and remained inactive in mice.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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Mediation is a delicate subject in India because of the country’s bruising colonial experience; it is often equated with an assault on Indian sovereignty.—
Vaibhav Vats,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
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Anthony Rapa, a Blank Rome lawyer in Washington who advises firms on trade, operations and investments, said the government’s intervention in the Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal is another sign of a trend that the U.S. is increasingly equating economic security with national security.—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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“Liken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liken. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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