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.
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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
Some may analogize that to trying to measure up players in high school or Jr. B to major junior.
—Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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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
Some may analogize that to trying to measure up players in high school or Jr. B to major junior.
—Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogize
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The Observer compared full-time city employee salaries from its database to publicly available data for similar positions in Mecklenburg County and other cities throughout the country.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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The proliferation of biennials in the ’90s made the art world multicentric and global, a radical shift compared with previous decades.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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In the latter category was presenter Jimmy Kimmel, who, in an act of exaggeration that would be Swiftian if intentional, equated the free speech policies of North Korea with those of, um, CBS.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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For years, the FedRAMP process has been equated with actual security, Sager said.—
Renee Dudley,
ProPublica,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Analogize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogize. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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