Words similar to akin

Example sentences for: akin

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They're the only guides we are discussing that didn't originate in the United States, and are still largely targeted at travelers from Australia and the British Isles: "New Yorkers feel a great affinity to [ sic ] their subway tokens, akin to what Americans in general feel about their useless one-cent coin ..."
Our generic name, Homo , is akin to another Latin name, humanus human and to humus earth.
The Alexandre Dumas-inspired swashbuckler The Man in the Iron Mask is thoroughly second-rate--which is to say that it waddles when it ought to whiz, clanks when it strives for cornball poetry, and transforms its august stars into something akin to a manic dinner-theater troupe.
al in 1994, of which 50% of the sample were women, the median adult only spent 4.0% of his time in light that was greater than 1000 lux [ 25 ] , a level that is akin to the light found outdoors in the shade.
in the correct belief that manners are a virtue akin to morality."