Words similar to akin

Example sentences for: akin

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Friends of mine, especially women, found sitting through the film akin to being smeared with excrement.
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 ..."
Given the diversity of proteins that comprise holoenzyme, this model implies that many sequences of different types would be competent activators; their sole requirement would be to bind proteins within holoenzyme [ 3 ] . The acidic peptides may interact in a manner akin to native activators [ 7 ] . But the basic ones may, for example, bind other proteins that contain acidic regions, thereby forming a bridge to holoenzyme.
in the correct belief that manners are a virtue akin to morality."
Therefore, for the purpose of a classification system for financial reporting, the fee is akin to dedicated taxes that are also related in the aggregate to associated costs and that are classified as nonexchange revenue (e.g.