analogue

variants or analog
as in image
formal 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 Roz rescues wildlife in a Noah’s Ark analogue, then goes from being a disingenuous Christ figure offering sacrifice and promise (but no resurrection) to a mawkish maternal figure. Armond White, National Review, 26 Feb. 2025 Millennials, now in their late 20s to early 40s, grew up bridging the gap between analogue and digital, carrying over habits from less seamless technology. Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025 The closest analogue might be Anna Wintour, who has been running Vogue for 36 years. Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025 That seems like the closest analogue to what DOGE was supposed to be. Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for analogue
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Noun
  • Many people are used to watching entertainment on their cellphones, with vertical images that don’t require turning the phone sideways.
    Schuyler Moore, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • One of the most enduring images in F*cktoys is when AP and Danni ride through town on their motorbike, their increasingly disheveled appearances marking the passage of time and the difficulty of their journey.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • His counterpart, John Calipari, whose high-profile move from Kentucky to Arkansas was among the sport’s biggest news stories last spring, has one national title of his own and six Final Four appearances spread across three schools: UMass, Memphis and Kentucky.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2025
  • To address potential risks of unauthorized alterations, the FDA implemented 21 CFR Part 11 in March 1997, establishing that electronic records and signatures must be as secure and tamper-resistant as their paper counterparts.
    Christopher Petersen, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • He's got a little sidekick over there named Mark Paoletta who is one of the people in the portrait with Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo and Clarence Thomas.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Related Articles The film is the portrait of a lady who’s living a good life.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That’s why Magaya has integrated Pledge—a leading carbon emissions measurement and reporting solution—into our platform.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In every state and county in the U.S., the Yale study found more than half of Americans support regulating carbon emissions and funding research into renewable energy.
    Grace Manthey, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The future belongs not to those who simply use AI, but to those who use it in a way that promotes human flourishing in parallel.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Taiwanese see parallels between their democracy and Ukraine, with both facing existential threats from aggressive, expansionist neighbors.
    Wayne Chang, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Neither society knows how to handle two clones coming face-to-face, and goes to extraordinary lengths — mostly involving murder — to prevent it from happening.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The filing discusses various risks related to digital assets, such as extreme volatility, regulatory changes, and potential forks or clones of the Zcash Network, which could adversely affect the value of the Shares.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • How did your own motherhood journey inform your portrayal of Gemma?
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Helen Schneider, acclaimed internationally for powerful portrayals in musicals like Sunset Boulevard, Evita, and her one-woman show A Walk on the Weill Side, embraced the complexities of portraying Leonard Bernstein.
    Court Stroud, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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  • The report, with the alliterative plosives of its title raining down like flecks of spit, was an opening volley in the fight to rouse sleepy bureaucrats and put them on notice.
    Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
  • He was outfitted with a spit screen to prevent him from spitting on others.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogue. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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