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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
One prominent interior element from the Navigator did not find an analogue in the design of the home: its giant LCD instrument panel, which literally spans the width of the dashboard from one end of the cabin to the other.
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Brett Berk, Architectural Digest, 16 Aug. 2024
Flashback: There is a useful historical analogue to the situation.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
The attack, dystopian in its style and scale, blindsided the group that had opted for analogue technologies after forgoing cell phones to avoid Israeli infiltration.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
During the Eocene epoch (roughly 33.9 million to 56 million years ago), oceans also warmed, and it’s often used as an analogue for what’s happening today.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
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Brett Berk, Architectural Digest, 16 Aug. 2024
Flashback: There is a useful historical analogue to the situation.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
The attack, dystopian in its style and scale, blindsided the group that had opted for analogue technologies after forgoing cell phones to avoid Israeli infiltration.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
During the Eocene epoch (roughly 33.9 million to 56 million years ago), oceans also warmed, and it’s often used as an analogue for what’s happening today.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
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Footage and images from the scene match the scene shown in the Facebook video, showing the same small white plane in the same position on the side of the highway.Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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In preliminary tests, the model excels at three critical tasks: segmentation (dividing images into distinct anatomical parts), classification (categorizing images based on medical conditions), and visual localization (precisely identifying specific features like fractures or tumors).Bernard Marr, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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New data from TransUnion shows Zoomers are using credit cards to make ends meet more than their Millennial counterparts did at the same stage of life.Lindsey Downing, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Negro said the research did not investigate hunting success in relation to plumage color, but earlier research had suggested that whiter barn owls were more efficient hunters than their darker counterparts during a full moon.Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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The federal government issued $2 currency notes beginning in 1862, which first had a portrait of Alexander Hamilton on the cover.John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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The portraits Joseph took for the agency captured the dignity of the women at work on SS George Washington Carver, exactly what the propaganda agency wanted to show.April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
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These get carbon tips and finishers, making for a more distinctive look.New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024
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However, the following firms—all of which are members of the AD PRO Directory—reduce their carbon impact through the use of sustainable building practices and materials, reduction of waste, and implementation of energy-efficient systems.Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
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Initially created to render the complex visuals of video games, Nvidia’s GPUs contain hundreds of microprocessors capable of operating in parallel.Robert Pearl, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Regulatory risks The comparisons with Japan are largely based on parallels with that country’s problems following a real estate crash in the 1990s: a hard-to-unwind debt bubble, an aging population, a reliance on loose monetary policy to turn things around.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
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Finally, the Great Corporatization: Companies like Amazon now control one-third of local businesses, turning communities into corporate clones.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Tech platform Pickle– a service that will create your digital clone – offers a unique solution for those who want to avoid attending web conference calls in real-time.Gene Marks, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Its star Ralph Fiennes earned a best actor in a drama nomination for his portrayal of a conflicted priest overseeing a papal election crawling with sabotage and subplots.Matt Donnelly, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
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Timothée Chalamet was nominated for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, and Mikey Madison received a nod for her breakout turn in Anora.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
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Local candidates stopped short of trafficking in tales of pets on a spit in Springfield, but no one else seems inclined to ease up on the post-election angertainment, from Washington on down.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
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Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Analogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogue. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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