comparable

adjective

com·pa·ra·ble | \ ˈkäm-p(ə-)rə-bəl

also kəm-ˈpa-rə-bəl , -ˈper-ə-

Definition of comparable

1 : capable of or suitable for comparison The situations are not at all comparable.

2 : similar, like fabrics of comparable quality The two houses are comparable in size.

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two comparable selections that are hard to choose between

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The Pixel comes equipped with a 5-inch, 1920x1080 Full HD AMOLED display with a retina-style image quality comparable to the best phones around. — Alexandria Haslam, PCWorld, "Google's original Pixel and Pixel XL phones are discounted by hundreds of dollars now," 6 July 2018 Bluemercury's comparable sales growth is in the high double digits, Beck said, and the company wants to use technology to maintain that pace. — Hema Parmar And Kim Bhasin, chicagotribune.com, "Macy's plans 60 new Bluemercury stores," 3 July 2018 The utility bag, for one, has become an object of worship comparable to women’s purses. — Samuel Hine, GQ, "The Daring New Trend in Pants Is…Shorts," 2 July 2018 These converted files worked out to around 1MB per minute of audio, comparable to MP3s. — Chris Wilkinson, Ars Technica, "1990, meet 2018: How far does 20MHz of Macintosh IIsi power go today?," 1 July 2018 Answer: Five countries with healthcare comparable to or better than the U.S. are Colombia, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Mexico and Panama, according to International Living, a site for living and investing abroad. — Liz Weston, latimes.com, "The future is bleak for charitable deductions, early retirees' healthcare costs," 1 July 2018 That same year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported a comparable number of deaths from motor vehicle accidents -- 37,461. — Ann Norman, cleveland.com, "Gun quote 'outrageous': Sun - Letter to the Editor," 7 Mar. 2018 Target also expects fourth-quarter comparable sales growth to be about 3.4%, according to a news release. — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, "Target's 'by the each' pricing goes bananas on social media," 22 Feb. 2018 That's the fewest of any quarterback who threw a comparable number of passes. — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, "Why this Alabama QB competition will be unlike the others," 12 Jan. 2018

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