Sentence examples for it would be akin from inspiring English sources
As the LA Times notes, "it would be akin, in some circles, to naming a sneaker the Taliban or the Nazi".
Imagine if a startup created a proprietary AI system, for instance, and was compelled to explain exactly how it worked, to the point of laying it all out — it would be akin to asking that a company disclose its source code.
It would be akin to the buildup that precedes the Super Bowl.
It would be akin to designing a microchip with a measuring tape.
It would be akin to trying to perform your job today in a Faraday cage.
He said he would not see it -- that watching it would be akin to self-hatred.
Indeed if the Kiwis win this it'd be akin to the Miracle on Ice when America beat Russia in the Winter Olympics ice-hockey in olden times, I read it.
It'd be akin to Roosevelt saying to U.S. Steel in 1943 that the Germans and the Japanese might come over with bombers and attack Pittsburgh, so the company should probably buy some air defense.
It makes you seem oily - in the "Evan" example above, starting out by complimenting and coaxing him to "get it" himself would be akin to bribing him to accept your guidance.
The way he sees it, changing the race would be akin to a philosophical defeat.
As Anita put it, losing independent bookstores would be "akin to editing... a critical part of our culture out of American life".
