analogy
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When asked whether the entire team was full speed and ready to go, he made the analogy of an airplane gathering speed down a runway before achieving flight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
I use the analogy of climate versus weather.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Mr. Sabet thinks the analogy is inapposite: “Alcohol has been a central part of Western civilization since before the Old Testament. It’s been used by the vast majority of those in the West.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"I think that was necessary. The analogy we had used was that I was throwing myself at a brick wall," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Pearl tried to think of an analogy she was sure Lexie would understand.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
But, to keep the farmyard analogies going, Serkis is bullish.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
"This opened the door to finding analogies in black holes of entropy and temperature used in thermodynamics."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
Hemani reminds courts that analogies are not self-executing and must be tested, not merely invoked.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
The same could be said for the Bible, which for centuries has furnished the English language and the Western mind with phrases, analogies and images.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
It takes cognitive toil and literary dexterity to pare an argument to its essentials, narrate it in an orderly sequence, and illustrate it with analogies that are both familiar and accurate.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing analogy
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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