analogous
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“I think it’s analogous to Amazon Web Services, where the people didn’t expect that AWS would be the most valuable part of Amazon when it started out as a bookstore.”
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
"Light drifts in a quantized manner, following universal steps analogous to those seen with electrons under strong magnetic fields," said Philippe St-Jean, a physics professor at Université de Montréal and co author of the study.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026
This would be analogous to having one arm tied behind your back.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
“I think that, ultimately, the question about Kevin being at the Fed or not will be an analogous decision. Is the best place for me at NEC or at the Fed?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
They may have switching elements analogous to our neurons.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing analogous
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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