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 The motifs and landscapes were drawn from analogue photographs taken by Thuesen over the past decade. Sofia Celeste, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024 But Simmons spends much of the film trapped in an Art Nouveau dome behind Saw-green glass, incapacitated by a magical mist wielded by the film’s Scarlet Witch analogue. Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024 This focuses analogue radio signals from the sky and sends them through a low-noise amplifier that boosts the signal, a bandpass filter that rejects signals outside the frequencies of interest and then through another low-noise amplifier. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024 Graber, who had published a review of laboratory analogues for neutron stars (opens a new tab) several years earlier, was thrilled to come across the paper. Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for analogue 
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Noun
  • The show shared an image on social media Monday morning announcing the start.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Taylor Swift wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms by every person at the 2025 Super Bowl, with the pop star receiving boos from some members of the crowd when her image appeared on the Caesars Superdome jumbotron Sunday (Feb. 9).
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025
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  • Recent weeks saw the issue of bias in refereeing become a public debate between Madrid coach Ancelotti and his Atletico counterpart Diego Simeone, with both men snapping back and forth at each other at various times.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
  • In the film, Elizabeth Sparkle (Moore) uses The Substance to create a younger counterpart, Sue (Qualley).
    Fred Topel, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • Experts say a portrait bought at an antique market in France about 15 years ago is in fact an early painting by Amedeo Modigliani, according to Corriere Adriatico.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Macu Machín; 2024; Spain; 72 min Three sisters reunite to divide up their family’s inheritance in this poetic and tender portrait set in the Canary Islands.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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  • Despite making up only about 3 percent of Earth’s land surfaces, peatlands store more carbon than all the world’s forests.
    Toby Ann Halamka, JSTOR Daily, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Logically, spending emission auction money on more direct carbon reduction programs, such as reducing emission-spewing wildfires, would make more sense.
    Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2025
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  • But conversely, up north across the 49th parallel, Trump’s actions have created some solidarity at a time when Trudeau’s Liberal Party has been on the rocks, and it’s felt like only a matter of time before the Conservative Party, led by a quasi-Trumpian Pierre Polievre, would mount a victory.
    Talib Visram, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The Emmy and Tony Award winner also noted parallels between his Spy Kids character and himself.
    John Russell, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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  • This sparks a plan, which comes together at Parker’s plant daddy paradise of a house, where the plant daddy himself suggests that a wedding would be a great venue to clone Roman’s Palm Pilot.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Residing on hillside slopes and gently rolling valleys surrounding the stately medieval village of Montalcino, vineyards in the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are home to a clone of Sangiovese known locally as Brunello, which is a diminutive of the Italian word for brown.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • Prior to his arrest, Welling — who is most famous for his portrayal of Superman (a.k.a. Clark Kent) on the CW series for 10 seasons from 2001 to 2011.
    Stacy Lambe, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
  • In an exclusive interview with ESSENCE, the actor shares what drew him to the role and how his portrayal will stand apart from past adaptations.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Those flames, all the while, spit embers into strong winds and toward communities miles away.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Federal research on that lizard's spit led to the development of Ozempic.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025

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