liken to
phrasal verb
likened to; likening to; likens to
: to describe (someone or something) as similar to (someone or something else)
Some critics have likened his writing to Faulkner's.
She likened her trip to a pilgrimage.
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Sabrina Carpenter is sometimes likened to a Bratz doll, often a Polly Pocket.
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
An avant-garde fiction writer often likened to Kafka, her experimental style flips between utopia and dystopia and transforms the mundane into the surreal.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
Pulling molecules of planet-warming carbon dioxide straight from the air has been likened to finding needles in a haystack.
—Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
So in late 2022, Baker Tilly hired investment banker William Blair & Co, which arranged meetings with 25 potential private equity investors–sessions that Ferro likens to first dates.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
An avant-garde fiction writer often likened to Kafka, her experimental style flips between utopia and dystopia and transforms the mundane into the surreal.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
Pulling molecules of planet-warming carbon dioxide straight from the air has been likened to finding needles in a haystack.
—Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 2 Oct. 2024
So in late 2022, Baker Tilly hired investment banker William Blair & Co, which arranged meetings with 25 potential private equity investors–sessions that Ferro likens to first dates.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Liken to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken%20to. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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