How to Use by/in comparison in a Sentence
by/in comparison
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Maybe the chunks of white are too big, or the yolk pieces are too smooshed in comparison.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2024
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Kelce did have a down year, at least in comparison to his best seasons.
—Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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The future of big tech, by comparison, is a sideshow—but a fraught one.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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The bottom four teams, by comparison, will need to win four games in four days.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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So many novels are promoted by comparison yet very few can live up to the hype.
—Morgan Talty, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
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Most of the other things that would be at all similar are going to pale by comparison.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 June 2023
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The latest storm passing through the region this week pales in comparison.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
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Learn to do it well and other strength and athletic movements will feel easy by comparison.
—Men's Health, 7 July 2023
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But that pales in comparison to some of the rhetoric happening in politics right now.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2025
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But that's nothing in comparison to the flurry of activity this port once was.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
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The tax bill, however, probably would pale in comparison to the amount of debt discharged.
—Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
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At the time, day one was expected to be the best chance for viewing the auroras in comparison to the days that followed.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Tuesday night was a clunker by comparison, a 6-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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But these books paled in comparison with the large seal laid out on the wooden slab before him that morning in 1867.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Some is thought to have escaped out into space, as the amount of water now frozen on Mars’ surface pales in comparison to what was once there.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
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In terms of looks, the Skylight is a bit unassuming in comparison to the Aura frames.
—Valerie Walsh, wsj.com, 20 Nov. 2023
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One of the sadder ironies of the third chapter is how sharp and crystalline the images look, and how worn down the characters appear by comparison.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
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The devices of moviemaking are so much better equipped to awaken nightmares that theater’s efforts to make the skin crawl seem hokey by comparison.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
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The threats and comments online are nothing in comparison to the real-life violence Judd has faced.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2023
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Still, Clark's base pay pales in comparison to her counterparts in the NBA.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2024
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All of that, however, paled in comparison to the impressiveness of Ohtani’s outing on the mound.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
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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
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There are celebrities, and then there is Swift, a modern day King Midas who makes other high-wattage stars look small by comparison.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
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All of that pales in comparison to the rest that leading scorer Tyson Degenhart got Tuesday night.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Jan. 2025
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The problem was that Biden had such a terrible debate that Trump looked like Cicero by comparison.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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The design of the EV is clearly different and more Camaro-like by comparison.
—New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025
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New York will still have to account for a dead cap charge, albeit the negative charge pales in comparison to what the team would save in 2025.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
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There have been other tributes to Quincy Jones at award shows this year (notably the Grammys), and this one feels small in comparison.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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In many lights, the guilt pales in comparison to what Rodriguez and Dario endured with Alessia in the two months after Vida arrived.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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While the Caribbean is no secret, how many people, in comparison, head to Roatán Island off the coast of Honduras?
—Jake Emen, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024
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