as in similar
having qualities in common
bad-mouthing your sister is analogous to slapping her in the face—it's just as bad
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Recent Examples of analogous
The public nuisance theory in the New Mexico case is designed to produce an analogous structural outcome for social media.
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Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
Cincinnati is suing quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who started for the Bearcats in 2024 and 2025 and recently transferred to Texas Tech, in an analogous case.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2026
In the 1990s, neuroscientists Giulio Tononi and Gerald Edelman used Shannon entropy as part of the foundation for their Integrated Information Theory (IIT) of consciousness, which argues that consciousness is analogous to the integration and complexity of neural signals.
—Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the most analogous example among automotive marques is Porsche, the first automobile of which emerged in 1948 from an Austrian barn and, within 15 years, transformed into what has become the most collectible sports car in the world.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
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Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
Cincinnati is suing quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who started for the Bearcats in 2024 and 2025 and recently transferred to Texas Tech, in an analogous case.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2026
In the 1990s, neuroscientists Giulio Tononi and Gerald Edelman used Shannon entropy as part of the foundation for their Integrated Information Theory (IIT) of consciousness, which argues that consciousness is analogous to the integration and complexity of neural signals.
—Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the most analogous example among automotive marques is Porsche, the first automobile of which emerged in 1948 from an Austrian barn and, within 15 years, transformed into what has become the most collectible sports car in the world.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogous
Adjective
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Kirsten Kelly-Vargas and her husband, Gary, felt a similar urgency to acquire the proper attire for the occasion.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Paller tried a similar experiment in 2009, this time using sound.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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In comparable territory, The Outsiders keeps things earnest, and even Stranger Things, for all its loopiness, plays its baby-monster antihero story tragic and straight.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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The legislation also includes the implementation of a public online database displaying information on DCF’s performance comparable to federal standards and additional mandatory training for DCF employees.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Accommodations On Mustique, no two villas are alike.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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The rooms In the Agassiz mansion, no two rooms are alike.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Its most frequent use comes in local, nonpartisan races for offices such as school board or city council.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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No such mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Daniel Kinahan, the forty-eight-year-old Irishman who was arrested in Dubai on April 17th.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Analogous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogous. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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