Sentence examples for akin to but from inspiring English sources

The Slovaks Slavs closely akin to, but possibly distinct from, the Czechs probably entered it from Silesia in the 6th or 7th century.

According to Plato (428/427 348/347 bce), for example, knowing is a mental state akin to, but different from, believing.

Netanyahu's energetic attempts over the past three years to convince the great powers that Iran is the world's number one security threat, akin to but more dangerous than North Korea, thus seems to have run into the sand.

According to an idea called technicolour, if it were instead made up of all-new kinds of quark held together by a new interaction, akin to but distinct from the strong force, the need for fine-tuning disappears.Alternatively, the Higgs can maintain its elementary status, but gain siblings.

Furthermore, it employs semi-implicit forward-in-time integrators of the governing PDE systems, akin to but more general than those used in the NWP model.

Here 'chance' signals a lack of relation or connection to adaptive needs, an idea akin to, but ontologically quite distinct from, the contrast between 'chance' and 'design'design

It nevertheless excites him oddly, though not to worship, but to a state akin to it but also quite unlike it.

"It's perceived as being akin to denim, but it's not quite.

Called Personal Ordinariates, the new structures are akin to dioceses but without geographic bounds.

The book is set on a planet akin to earth but peopled only with the famous and the fabulous.

Missouri's other Senator, Republican Roy Blunt, had once called for Akin to quit but has now promised support.