Examples of liken in a Sentence
he generally likened a root canal to some horrible form of torture
I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent.
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State of play: Speaking at a T-Mobile event Wednesday in San Francisco, Altman likened where o1 is today to where OpenAI's language models were when GPT-2 came out in 2019.
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Ina Fried, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
Similarly, the Irish Arts Center’s director of programming and education, Rachael W. Gilkey, likened the celebration to an evening in 2019 that honored recently deceased novelist Edna O’Brien.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024
In addition, the movement likened West Bank settlers to the Zionist pioneers who arrived in Palestine at the turn of the 20th century and founded modern Israel – although many of those original Zionists were staunchly secular.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
Su likened the current AI revolution to the dawn of the industrial era or the birth of the internet, emphasizing the unprecedented pace of innovation in the field.
—Pranav Dixit, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
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Ina Fried, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
Similarly, the Irish Arts Center’s director of programming and education, Rachael W. Gilkey, likened the celebration to an evening in 2019 that honored recently deceased novelist Edna O’Brien.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024
In addition, the movement likened West Bank settlers to the Zionist pioneers who arrived in Palestine at the turn of the 20th century and founded modern Israel – although many of those original Zionists were staunchly secular.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
Su likened the current AI revolution to the dawn of the industrial era or the birth of the internet, emphasizing the unprecedented pace of innovation in the field.
—Pranav Dixit, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Liken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken. Accessed 26 Sep. 2024.
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