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Recent Examples of comparison
By comparison, major equity indexes such as the S&P 500 have generated substantially higher returns over comparable timeframes.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
In comparison, Starbucks had 7,758 stores across China as of March, according to its latest earnings report.
—Anniek Bao,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 10 July 2025
Reversing time is almost plausible in comparison, and definitely less sinister.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
The smattering of comparisons she’s been drawing to Leonard Cohen are apt for (and assuredly cherished by) the Vermont singer on her third album — the luminant vessel of a swarm of kinetic lyrical energy log jammed at the front gates of her mind, yearning for the page and demanding a romp.
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
In comparison, Starbucks had 7,758 stores across China as of March, according to its latest earnings report.
—Anniek Bao,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 10 July 2025
Reversing time is almost plausible in comparison, and definitely less sinister.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
The smattering of comparisons she’s been drawing to Leonard Cohen are apt for (and assuredly cherished by) the Vermont singer on her third album — the luminant vessel of a swarm of kinetic lyrical energy log jammed at the front gates of her mind, yearning for the page and demanding a romp.
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparison
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The analogy is followed by another, comparing criminals to lions.—
Hannah Dreyfus,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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Basketball is like jazz in so many ways that the analogy has become a cliché.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
Noun
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But the Sonoran Desert’s native vegetation complicates the equation.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
4 July 2025
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For them, Akil’s message was both a reminder and a directive: talent is only part of the equation—vision, ownership, and longevity matter just as much.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Instead of asking which picture is better, transitivity is about equivalence.—
Olga Lazareva,
The Conversation,
1 July 2025
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Token equivalence could raise new questions about taxation, investor protections, and international jurisdictional conflicts.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The Alternative Learning Opportunities program helps individuals looking to earn a high school equivalency prepare for the exam needed to earn it and look into postsecondary options.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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Their route to walking across the stage to receive a diploma might have taken some detours and extra years, but the joy in earning a high school diploma or equivalency certificate was evident at the Poway Adult School’s 60th annual commencement ceremony.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Political parity has become a defining feature of our times.—
Ronald Brownstein,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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By some estimates, BRICS members account for more than a third of global GDP based on purchasing power parity.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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Designating two people at the popular neighborhood association to check each other on the task of distributing millions in this age of technology would have spared a vibrant neighborhood a lot of consequences.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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The chapters are organized as brief essays extending from an event that triggers thoughts and associations which Li gathers, not necessarily to make sense of — because this is sometimes not possible — but to notice.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Revenue attributed to new features shipped under DevSecOps pipelines: Growth linkage.—
Sai Sandeep Ogety,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Such efforts will likely spread and expand, as will independent intelligence technology linkages among U.S. allies, such as Canada’s recent $4 billion purchase of Australian long-range, over-the-horizon military radar systems.—
Gideon Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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“Comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparison. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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