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The phrase "are somewhat akin" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a similarity or resemblance between two or more things.
Example: "The two theories are somewhat akin, sharing several fundamental principles despite their different approaches."
Alternatives: "are somewhat similar" or "are somewhat comparable."
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The gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Conyers, seems to state that these proceedings are somewhat akin to a coup.
To the Editor: About "Counting Cowbells" (July 22): Jake Miller's cowbells are somewhat akin to my hobby.
The hydrophobically attached peptide amphiphile on alkylated silicon surfaces produce structures that are somewhat akin to the structure of a cell membrane.
The effects are somewhat akin to those experienced by small, low-lying islands like the Maldives or Tuvalu in the Central Pacific.
Horrific tragedies like the mass killing shortly after midnight on Friday at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, are somewhat akin to spectacular terrorist attacks.
The methods are somewhat akin to multidimensional NMR, but they probe molecular structural evolution in real time on the relevant fast time scales, eight to ten orders of magnitude faster than NMR.
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The effect was somewhat akin to lace.
A scanner is somewhat akin to a photocopier.
This is somewhat akin to stuffing most of the M.R.O.
Snowboarding, winter sport that is somewhat akin to skiing and that evolved from skateboarding and surfing.
It's somewhat akin to other biofilms, like dental plaque, the Park Service said.
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