be akin
Example Sentences
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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
The deal struck by Rahm is said to be "akin" to what the other eight players agreed last February.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
I wrote that explaining terminal lucidity through an unknown brain capability “would be akin to finding a way that blood can circulate when the heart stops pumping.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The Siphonaptera appear by the form of the larva and the nature of the metamorphosis to be akin to the Orthorrhapha—in which division they have indeed been included by many students.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
