as in similar
having qualities in common
two comparable selections that are hard to choose between
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Recent Examples of comparable
Over the span of several weeks, the US effective tariff rate skyrocketed to its highest since the late 1890s before settling slightly lower at a rate comparable with the 1930s.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Decent comparable store gains were realized at both the Nordstrom department stores and Rack stores in the fourth quarter.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 20 May 2025
While Nvidia remains the clear leader in the most advanced AI chips, competitors and partners alike are racing to develop their own comparable semiconductors, whether to gain market share or widen the range of prospective suppliers for these pricey, high-margin components.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Through the first five weeks of the second quarter, Texas Roadhouse said its comparable sales at company restaurants increased 5% year over year.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 8 May 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Decent comparable store gains were realized at both the Nordstrom department stores and Rack stores in the fourth quarter.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 20 May 2025
While Nvidia remains the clear leader in the most advanced AI chips, competitors and partners alike are racing to develop their own comparable semiconductors, whether to gain market share or widen the range of prospective suppliers for these pricey, high-margin components.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Through the first five weeks of the second quarter, Texas Roadhouse said its comparable sales at company restaurants increased 5% year over year.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparable
Adjective
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The Gleason score is created through something similar to a point system.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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This is similar in size to the icy particles in Saturn's rings, for example, and the ice is likely frozen around motes of interplanetary dust.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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The work of flattening out three-dimensional sculpture into a two-dimensional painting was analogous to intellectualizing and abstracting Blackness as media became more mobile in the early twentieth century.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Together, these provide a wealth of data that any neuroscientist would envy — analogous to a perfect map of a person’s brain, along with separate electrodes to monitor the activity of each neuron.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Why Open Networks Make Sense Supply chains are deeply complex, and no two systems are alike.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Adaptability Is Key No two performances are alike because no two audiences are alike.—
Dr. Jen Donnell,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But amid concern over the CFP selection process, the Big Ten’s Nebraska canceled a home-and-home series with Tennessee, and Sankey acknowledged that others in his conference are considering backing out of such games.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 May 2025
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“Comparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparable. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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