analogous

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The commission’s package, which now moves to the European Parliament, would consolidate analogous authority within the Paris-based European Securities and Markets Authority.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

“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

Some readers imagine Kafka’s protagonist, Gregor Samsa, a hardworking salesman in a city that seems analogous to Kafka’s native Prague, has morphed into a cockroach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“By contrast, the present case does not involve any analogous creative product or expressive association,” Guerrero wrote, concluding that the California law is instead regulating people’s conduct.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

The men’s admissions pattern was analogous to Gehrig’s hitting pattern—coming to bat more often during the second half of the season when getting a hit is easier.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos