as in gift
something given to someone without expectation of a return
this hotel offers its guests more comps, including a free bottle of champagne, than most in its class
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as in to award
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Recent Examples of comp
Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The North Face is a great comp for Yeti with excellent products, strong brand loyalty, and a solid opportunity for expansion from niche products for outdoorsy consumers to the masses.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of the year-to-year drop can be attributed to the usual tough comps any network faces whenever Dallas is in (and out of) the mix.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
Roger Dubuis’s Excalibur Grand Complication and Patek Philippe’s Ref. 5308G perform similar functions, and both are contemporary expressions of the grand comp, but the similarity ends there.
—Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The North Face is a great comp for Yeti with excellent products, strong brand loyalty, and a solid opportunity for expansion from niche products for outdoorsy consumers to the masses.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
While his team’s TV network wants to sell you Pete Crow-Armstrong’s MVP candidacy and comps to one of the better North Side teams in recent memory, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer is a tad more realistic after an eye-opening trip to Japan.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of the year-to-year drop can be attributed to the usual tough comps any network faces whenever Dallas is in (and out of) the mix.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comp
Noun
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The most popular gift categories remain flowers, greeting cards and special outings such as dinner or brunch.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Handcrafted by artisans around the world, fair trade UNICEF Market gifts offer another way to support UNICEF.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Verb
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However, the two teams awarded the top two picks in the draft made this night even more difficult for New Orleans.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Depp won the suit and was awarded $10 million in damages, while Heard received $2 million as part of a countersuit.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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Arsenal’s manager has no doubts regarding his team’s conviction at present.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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At present, the two black holes are separated by only around 2,600 light-years (roughly one-tenth of the distance between Earth and Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's central black hole), with the smaller hole moving around the host galaxy's bulge.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Verb
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The old model of fierce independence is a luxury many can't afford during this transition.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The lack of jeopardy in UEFA’s new format for the competition (only eight of the 36 teams get eliminated after the league phase) afforded Postecoglou the freedom to experiment.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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Rather than having the federal government foot the whole bill, in the U.S. public media also relies on $1.3 billion in annual charitable donations from viewers, listeners, corporations and foundations.—
Josh Shepperd,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
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Greene is trying to make up the difference through donations.—
James Pollard,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
Verb
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This one, is rendered in moody, romantic tones of blue.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vogue,
8 May 2025
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At the same time, James and her peers helped students connect with experts in larger cities in professional fields; apply for admissions, grants and scholarships; and rendered whatever other assistance was needed.—
Doug Thompson,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2025
Noun
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The tobacco era style of Daniels’ Allen & Ginter Mini Autograph card has a museum-like presentation with his signature directly on the card.—
Tyler Holzhammer,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Behind the shiny-happy presentation of children, tweens and teens is a mostly-unregulated environment that can bend (if not completely breaks) child labor laws, enable online predators and create unknown damage to the psyche of developing brains.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Individuals or entities that provide material support to Viv Ansanm or Gran Grif could face criminal charges, loss of immigration benefits or removal from the U.S. Viv Ansanm formed in September 2023 through an alliance between Haiti’s two main gang factions, G-9 and G-Pép.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Marathon aims to bridge the accessibility gap, streamlining the gameplay to some core hero abilities for each distinct Runner and providing solid, yet familiar gunplay that Bungie has perfected while developing Halo and Destiny.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
2 May 2025
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“Comp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comp. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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