akin
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Bedford said the 737 MAX 7 is "safe" to fly, describing the software issue as akin to an update for iPhone or a Microsoft product.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
I wrote about Dead City Punx recently and they feel akin to this era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
In this context, medbeds seemed conceptually like fun oddities, akin more to palm readings than to predatory disinformation.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
For the banking industry, it was another chance to stamp out a feature of the crypto ecosystem it viewed as akin to paying interest on deposits—and a competitive threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
I guess they were of hobbit-kind; akin to the fathers of the fathers of the Stoors, for they loved the River, and often swam in it, or made little boats of reeds.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing akin
The Kite Runner
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Dracula
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