analogy
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I always do the analogy of, if you’re out of town and a family member is hurt or sick, it doesn’t matter where you are or why you were out of town.
From Los Angeles Times â Sep. 20, 2026
I don’t know where he came up with that analogy, but who am I to argue?
From Salon â Sep. 18, 2026
Under the gentle questioning of Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Amodei made an analogy.
From MarketWatch â Sep. 16, 2026
The analogy often used is that of a wish-granting genie with a magic lamp: they follow the exact letter of an instruction, even if doing so creates other problems.
From BBC â Sep. 9, 2026
And, I tremble here, does this analogy seem LOQUACIOUS?
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
I’m very wary of these sort of political analogies.
From Los Angeles Times â Aug. 12, 2026
"This opened the door to finding analogies in black holes of entropy and temperature used in thermodynamics."
From Science Daily â Jul. 13, 2026
But, to keep the farmyard analogies going, Serkis is bullish.
From BBC â Jul. 13, 2026
Hemani reminds courts that analogies are not self-executing and must be tested, not merely invoked.
From Slate â Jun. 26, 2026
Such arguments depended on analogies: comparing the skin, for example, to porous earthenware.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing analogy
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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