as in comparing
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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As the Sentinel’s Cristobal Reyes has reported, federal judges based in Orlando have scolded prosecutors multiple times in recent weeks for detaining people who should have been set free, with one judge memorably comparing the current actions of ICE to those of a third-world country.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026 -
In a clinical trial comparing tirzepatide and semaglutide, people taking tirzepatide showed roughly 20 percent drops in weight in a similar amount of time, while people on semaglutide lost around 14 percent.—
Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement What’s more, equating darkness with evil and goodness with light may be a relatively recent invention.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
21 Dec. 2025
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Buyers are a 50-50 male/female split with Generation X equating for approximately 50 percent of all buyers.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Analogizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogizing. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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