analogizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of analogize
as in compares
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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  1. compares
  2. equates
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  • That compares with 244% just before the pandemic, 204% at the peak of 2000’s dotcom bubble, and 74% before the 1987 stock market crash known as Black Monday.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • How that compares with the costs that other small businesses take on to open a cafe or restaurant in San Jose is hard to say, according to Marika Krause, public information manager with San Jose’s Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Department.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Summary Common perception equates effective leadership with charisma, often ignoring competent but uncharismatic individuals.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In the realm of the theater, no one exactly equates the number of headshots on a Playbill page with the ultimate fulfillment a stage show provides.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of equates
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