analogous

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Somebody wrote in the 1860s that the attempt of the mind to analyze itself is analogous to the one who would lift himself up by his own bootstraps.

From Salon

In cases involving analogous qualifications for members of Congress, the Supreme Court has held that such qualifications form a "constitutional ceiling" – prohibiting any additional qualifications to be imposed by any means.

From Salon

She compared the effect to a garden hose, with the BOAT's jet analogous to the more-intense spray you get by using a constricting nozzle.

From Scientific American

“The banking system is strong. It is sound. It is resilient. It’s well-capitalized. And I really don’t see that as at all analogous to this.”

From Washington Post

Better yet, he’s canny enough to link the family breakdown with the failures of their country, its systems dependent — as Winter puts it — on a labor force “analogous, yes, to chattel slavery.”

From Los Angeles Times