by/in comparison
idiom
: when compared with another : when looked at or thought about in relation to someone or something else
Yesterday's weather was very cold. Today's weather is mild by comparison.
—often + withHe's a well-behaved child in comparison with his brother.
Examples of by/in comparison in a Sentence
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All these filmmakers’ needy, importunate wooing of their writers — and their eventual dickering over script credit — makes their courtship of actual women such as Candice Bergen or Amy Irving look halfhearted by comparison.
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David Kipen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Margaret hears screaming and follows the sounds to the infirmary, observing a childbirth so unnatural, even the climactic delivery of Damien can’t help seeming tepid by comparison.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
South Carolina, by comparison, has about 100,000 birds.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
The memorial, which sits at a high point of downtown Montgomery, towers over the rest of the city, making the state capitol look like a toy in comparison.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
There are so many tensions in the world at the moment, with so many enormous implications, that everything else seems less serious in comparison.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Tigers Blood, by comparison, came much more easily.
—Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2024
Three out of 13 Oscar nominees is a small sample, but a lot better by comparison.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Incubators, by comparison, support entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas that are much earlier in the startup lifecycle.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
David Kipen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Margaret hears screaming and follows the sounds to the infirmary, observing a childbirth so unnatural, even the climactic delivery of Damien can’t help seeming tepid by comparison.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
South Carolina, by comparison, has about 100,000 birds.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
The memorial, which sits at a high point of downtown Montgomery, towers over the rest of the city, making the state capitol look like a toy in comparison.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
There are so many tensions in the world at the moment, with so many enormous implications, that everything else seems less serious in comparison.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Tigers Blood, by comparison, came much more easily.
—Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2024
Three out of 13 Oscar nominees is a small sample, but a lot better by comparison.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Incubators, by comparison, support entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas that are much earlier in the startup lifecycle.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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“By/in comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%2Fin%20comparison. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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