analogies

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Hemani’s answer is that constitutional rights cannot turn on analogies that survive only because the categories have been defined so broadly that the distinctions disappear.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026

He then takes us on a lightning tour through each realm, offering a head-spinning wealth of information replete with helpful analogies and fun facts you can impress your friends with later.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Against that backdrop, the use of charged historical analogies can feel less like explanation and more like improvisation.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Deluard admitted that drawing chart analogies is the functional equivalent of “astrology.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

The distinction between two very different types of inference, between vestiges and analogies, is still important for Locke.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton