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as in to equate
to regard or represent as equal or comparable
I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent
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Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
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Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
Pagels, rightly but audaciously, likens the evolving belief in Jesus’ Resurrection to that of the followers of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson in our own time.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
In a 1987 interview with The Times, video artist Michael J. Masucci, who will be present at numerous events in the series, likened being a part of EZTV to being in the music group the Ramones.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
In 2010, Jeff Bewkes, the head of Time Warner, the cable channel’s parent company, likened Netflix to the Albanian Army, which, of course, no one is afraid of.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Liken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liken. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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