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something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc.; something that is analogous to something else
a modern analog to what happened before the synthetic analog of a chemical found in a tropical tree a meat analogue such as tofu
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Recent Examples of analogue
The shift toward tactile, analogue experiences has been building for years, fuelled by multiple cultural and consumer trends.
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
This naturally-occurring nucleoside analogue has been used to treat inflammatory disease and cancer for hundreds of years, but runs into several barriers that severely limit its effectiveness when deployed to tackle tumors.
—Nick Lavars, New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
This is designed specifically to address the shortcomings of nucleoside analogues.
—Nick Lavars, New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
That power is nearly unique in American pro sports; the closest analogue might be the Baltimore Orioles’s control over Washington Nationals TV rights, a messy situation that was resolved after two decades last month.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
This naturally-occurring nucleoside analogue has been used to treat inflammatory disease and cancer for hundreds of years, but runs into several barriers that severely limit its effectiveness when deployed to tackle tumors.
—Nick Lavars, New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
This is designed specifically to address the shortcomings of nucleoside analogues.
—Nick Lavars, New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
That power is nearly unique in American pro sports; the closest analogue might be the Baltimore Orioles’s control over Washington Nationals TV rights, a messy situation that was resolved after two decades last month.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogue
Noun
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Any federal agent using Clearview or an alternative can take the same footage and run facial images to find matches across photos scraped from social sites.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Israeli officials released images of Thunberg and others wearing orange life vests and sitting closely together on the Madleen.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
9 June 2025
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In the weeks since the fragile detente, Washington has accused Beijing of slow-walking approvals for rare earth exports and reneging on its promise made in Geneva, with Trump expressing increasing urgency to speak to his Chinese counterpart to iron things out.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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The shop's baklava looks drier and more structured than the other Antep counterpart.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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Even without all that, L.A. has a raft of problems on its hands, and the close-up at the moment is not a pretty portrait.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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Rosenheim believes that early photographic portraits empowered working-class Americans.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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Gooch says the carbon allows for incredible flexibility in one direction and then extreme stiffness in the other that changes based on the amount of pressure placed on the product.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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By 2050, the state aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero, which means reducing emissions to a point where the remaining amount can be offset by carbon removal efforts like carbon capture and tree planting.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
5 June 2025
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The parallel between Harvard and Musk is striking: both have been immensely successful, aided in large part by government funding, favorable regulation, and public goodwill.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Mainly, a batch of biting songs and an effortless flow that often operated as the parallel of a world-class rhythm section.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
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The Grand Army of the Republic The Republic's clone army, under the leadership of Jedi generals, faces off against the Separatists' droids.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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Over the course of an hour, the Stand-Up Emmy Roundtable covered everything from clones to cocaine to cancellation.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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With his tongue-in-cheek portrayal of himself, outlandish costumes (a wedding veil and a hair band adorned with chess pieces are among his more subtle accessories) and unabating love of drama, the Scottish multihyphenate has subverted the norms of TV host.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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Cruz, the son of an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador who came to the U.S. in the 1970s, said he’s angered by the federal government’s portrayal that anyone without documents living in the United States is a criminal.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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The spit’s relative isolation has helped preserve both its bohemian enclaves, like Provincetown and Wellfleet, as well as its statelier corners, such as Osterville, Hyannis Port, and Chatham.—
Cameron Sperance,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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The seaside palazzo, called Villa Beatrice, is a five-minute walk from the hotel, and sits on a private spit overlooking the sea.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogue. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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