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
But to attempt to quote passages relating to incarnation from the Hindu books, would be akin to compiling a library of many volumes.
From Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect by Atkinson, William Walker
