We often liken death to sleep.
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Liken
/ˈlaɪk(ə)n/
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On the Web, I have met Japanese who would liken their country to cozy Guatemala. I call the phenomenon "The Guatemala Model."
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The genetic code is a set of instructions in a gene that tells a cell how to make specific proteins, chemicals that are key to an organism's normal development and function. The premature stop codon, which scientists liken to a red stop light, is a mutation that orders cells to stop reading essential genetic instructions part-way through protein synthesis, resulting in an incomplete or shortened protein and potentially serious health consequences.
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The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
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