How to Use analogous in a Sentence

analogous

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  • Some owners have followed an analogous course, ditching deskbound jobs for the goat business.
    — Konrad Putzier, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Alas, there is no analogous trick for phosphorus, which comes primarily from the Earth’s crust.
    — Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
  • An analogous line of reasoning is the explanation of why our planet is the right distance away from the sun to have liquid water.
    — Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Immediate access to the vaccine is not analogous to a vaccine mandate.
    — Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2020
  • That this is essentially being treated as analogous to busting Al Capone on charges of tax evasion—nothing could be further from the truth.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Is the experience of a person of color in Holland analogous to that of an African American?
    — Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The analogous trends may be about ease, but, Williams-Eke cautions, to eschew the fine line between Athflow and traditional loungewear, fit must always come first.
    — Amanda Randone, refinery29.com, 18 Jan. 2021
  • A James Beard Award in the food world is analogous to an Oscar in the movie world.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Xi’s view of Taiwan is analogous to Putin’s view of Ukraine.
    — Dan Sullivan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022
  • By comparing the sizes of the youngest fish to the growth rates of analogous modern fish, the team even refined this date.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Try it in a palette of analogous colors such as sky blue and spring green for a soft, serene look.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There’s no analogous sort of tasks in any other art form.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Biden has faced pivotal nights like this before, the most analogous being his March State of the Union.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
  • This week, the Democrats should try an analogous approach in Congress.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Old forests are analogous to cities with life that thrives at every level.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The hood of a car, which is more analogous to a frying pan than pavement or concrete, is even hotter.
    — Layla McMurtrie, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
  • This scene feels analogous to The Bold Type itself mulling over its Eva decision.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 27 May 2021
  • Home-charging equipment is analogous to a USB cable to charge your phone.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 25 July 2023
  • This is analogous to the concepts of zero-trust where every session should be assumed to be a breach (at first).
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • Their solutions are analogous to putting a Band-Aid on a cancer.
    — WSJ, 3 May 2022
  • The current state of scientific wellness is analogous to the Human Genome Project in the 1990s, says Hood.
    — David Ewing Duncan, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2022
  • This can be analogous to trying to hide your peeing or pooping in a swimming pool.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
  • But Dennigan, of Strong Roots, sees ghost kitchens as being analogous to the shift of retail to e-commerce.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 16 July 2021
  • Trump’s conduct is more analogous to the former officer than to Biden or Pence.
    — Barbara McQuade, Time, 12 June 2023
  • To demonstrate that, the government must put forth laws that are analogous to the modern-day measure at issue.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 May 2024
  • This approach is analogous to how humans behave in the real world.
    — Ed Stacey, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The inner ring is analogous to our asteroid belt, while the outer ring is comparable to the sun’s Kuiper belt.
    — Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • There was something analogous in the history of writing that ran alongside that of movement and change.
    — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Only after the pause, which may or may not be analogous to the pause a human speaker would put between words, does the clicking resume.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The House vote to impeach is analogous to a grand jury indictment in a criminal case.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023

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