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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
Researchers at the University of California, Davis developed an LSD analogue that has the potential to treat schizophrenia without causing hallucinations.
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Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Cass Elliot, a seeming analogue for Cassie, does come up in Weiner’s book, but the Mamas & the Papas singer was outgoing and unrestrained.
—Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
This basic premise has a nuclear analogue: nonnuclear states will fight nuclear opponents, but between nuclear states there is a fragile, often contested, yet enduring peace.
—Paul Avey, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
While analogue tools are being celebrated, modern technology is finding its place within the category.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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To backtrack: Sepideh Farsi was compelled by the images coming out of Gaza to travel there.—
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Russia is playing for time, evidently, and amassing forces on the eastern frontline, drone images show, ahead of a likely summer offensive.—
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The union says its members want parity with their counterparts who work for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.—
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Congress, the Executive Branch, and civil society must all play an active role in deepening engagement with their Taiwan counterparts.—
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Some portraits explore sexuality more overtly than others, but all can be read in the spirit of the exhibition.—
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This portrait of a chef who moved from Japan in the 1970s delivers a generous helping of warm and fuzzy feels, as its subject faces challenges with determination and celebrates the daily joy of creating beautiful bites.—
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For much of Texas, this sudden spike is directly attributable to global warming, according to research from Climate Central, an independent group of scientists that works to untangle the link between extreme weather and the background heating caused by carbon pollution.—
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The company is building a future where carbon is not a liability, but an asset; where innovation isn’t just technical, but ethical; and where national security is powered not by extraction, but by regeneration.—
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Dear Friends, The film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk directed by Sepideh Farsi, part of the ACID parallel section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, will be screened on May 15th.—
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With the Mon Mothma Senate speech, people have drawn many parallels.—
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This success has set the stage for the next crisis, primarily because, like Gros Michel, Cavendish bananas are also clones propagated whole from a narrow genetic base.—
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Justin, a sunny Dirk Diggler clone, has daddy issues that mushroom into a crush on Guillermo Jacubowicz’s nameless hotel receptionist, a humble single father.—
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Without a doubt, there is controversy surrounding the portrayal of Black women on reality television.—
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Wendt became a household name for his portrayal of Norm and went on to become a six-time Emmy nominee over the course of the show's run.—
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Each performance won over the critics, built a large base of devoted fans and, yes, included lots of spit, but more about that in a bit.—
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Chronology is messy, structurally and visually and viscerally, playing with time and space and memory and oozing with bodily fluids — tears, spit, sweat, come, pee, blood, vomit.—
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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogue. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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