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The vehicle appeared to be "akin to a minivan or small SUV", Nath said.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

That might be akin to Alan Greenspan’s more tight-lipped Fed of the past.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

In this argument, the compute tax would be akin to a pollution tax.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

Paul: To suggest Slot is in trouble would be akin to saying last season never happened!

From BBC Oct. 30, 2025

The external world, because it is intelligible, must be akin to us; there must be an intelligence in it, otherwise it would never become an object of knowledge to our intelligence.

From Letters to His Friends by Forbes Robinson




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