liken to
phrasal verb
likened to; likening to; likens to
: to describe (someone or something) as similar to (someone or something else)
Some critics have likened his writing to Faulkner's.
She likened her trip to a pilgrimage.
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This can be likened to how, in a holographic universe, each piece of the system (AI, users, feedback) reflects and impacts the whole.
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
The young creators’ claims helped shed light on the lucrative and largely unregulated world of child YouTube stardom, which some have likened to the Wild West.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Sabrina Carpenter is sometimes likened to a Bratz doll, often a Polly Pocket.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
An avant-garde fiction writer often likened to Kafka, her experimental style flips between utopia and dystopia and transforms the mundane into the surreal.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
The young creators’ claims helped shed light on the lucrative and largely unregulated world of child YouTube stardom, which some have likened to the Wild West.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Sabrina Carpenter is sometimes likened to a Bratz doll, often a Polly Pocket.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
An avant-garde fiction writer often likened to Kafka, her experimental style flips between utopia and dystopia and transforms the mundane into the surreal.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for liken to
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“Liken to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken%20to. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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