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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As the comparisons continued, she was even likened to Carpenter's ex, Irish actor Barry Keoghan, 32.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The phenomenon has been likened to fans at a football game.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
Netherworld Haunted House Unlike the haunted house fundraisers run by civic organizations such as the United States Junior Chamber, also known as the Jaycees, Netherworld is among the dozen or so haunted houses that can be likened to full-scale Broadway productions.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
Workers will install clearer signs, widen shoulders and remove roadside obstacles; and
$5.6 million for Macon, Georgia, where an impoverished neighborhood will get new sidewalks, crosswalks and lights along a street that neighbors liken to a Formula 1 racetrack.
—Austin Fast, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The phenomenon has been likened to fans at a football game.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
Netherworld Haunted House Unlike the haunted house fundraisers run by civic organizations such as the United States Junior Chamber, also known as the Jaycees, Netherworld is among the dozen or so haunted houses that can be likened to full-scale Broadway productions.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
Workers will install clearer signs, widen shoulders and remove roadside obstacles; and
$5.6 million for Macon, Georgia, where an impoverished neighborhood will get new sidewalks, crosswalks and lights along a street that neighbors liken to a Formula 1 racetrack.
—Austin Fast, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Liken to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken%20to. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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