analogize

verb

ə-ˈna-lə-ˌjīz How to pronounce analogize (audio)
Definition of analogizenext
as in to compare
to describe as similar analogized the White House scandal to a cancer that was spreading to every internal organ of the body

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Recent Examples of analogize Indeed, many Europeans found the South inspiring, analogizing their cause to the wave of anti-monarchy revolutions that swept Europe in 1848. — Zaakir Tameez june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 Sadie Collective co-founder and international finance researcher Fanta Traore analogized it to Michael Jordan’s partnership with Nike. — Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Essence, 4 June 2025 Fleck analogized it to putting up an adorable cat filter during a video meeting. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 Ultimately, the chief justice analogized the case to the Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling that Philadelphia couldn’t exclude a religious agency from its foster care system. — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for analogize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogize
  1. compare
  2. equate
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  • Trade along the route remains tiny compared with major throughways like the Suez Canal and is dominated by Russian oil and gas, which – along with a few other LNG buyers in Asia – principally flow to China.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But for those who compare it to a keeper league in fantasy, there is more of a long view.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of compare
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  • Many may equate Waymo cars with the white fleet originally seen around town.
    — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There may be a little more gray in Grohl’s goatee, but don’t equate that with waning stamina.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of equate

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