be akin
Example Sentences
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In this argument, the compute tax would be akin to a pollution tax.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Repealing such programs — and potentially undermining the endangerment finding — would be akin to “denying the concept of gravity,” Ortiz said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
In other words, it would be akin to a distress sale, a further blow for ByteDance's bottom line.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2024
The process of the unfoldment of the mediumistic powers should be akin to that of the unfoldment of the bud of the flower, that is to say, it must be gradual, natural, and unforced.
From Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers by Atkinson, William Walker
