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Example Sentences
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But, he warned via video link, huge investments were going into convincing the public that regulating the technology was akin to slowing down progress.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
The “Cicada” nickname refers to this subvariant’s apparent dormancy before it reemerged in 2025, akin to some periodically active insects of the same name.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
The incongruous editing is akin to zoning out while your buddy is talking, coming-to halfway through their thought and playing along like you understood where it was heading the entire time.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
To sit nightly in the courtside seats occupied by the Lakers coaching and training staff in that era was akin to a spot in the front row of a box-office title fight.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The world of systemic insecticides is a weird world, surpassing the imaginings of the brothers Grimm — perhaps most closely akin to the cartoon world of Charles Addams.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing akin
The Kite Runner
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Dracula
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