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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Recent Examples of comp
Paulina Likos, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2025
Traffic was positive across channels, July was the best month of the quarter and August comps turned positive with mid-single-digit growth.
—John Buckingham, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
After Ava is revealed as the sixth juror, Rachel, Keanu and others give Morgan props for her social game and comp wins, though Ava notes Morgan can be panicky with her decision-making.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 28 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Same-store sales, referred to as comparable sales or comps in the retail industry, grew 5.7%.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2025
Traffic was positive across channels, July was the best month of the quarter and August comps turned positive with mid-single-digit growth.
—John Buckingham, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
So Much Fun) and others exhausting (the YSL Slime Language comps, 2023’s Business Is Business), as well as too many studio leaks unleashed via message board accounts.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
After Ava is revealed as the sixth juror, Rachel, Keanu and others give Morgan props for her social game and comp wins, though Ava notes Morgan can be panicky with her decision-making.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comp
Noun
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Between travel, accommodations, attire and gifts, the average cost per wedding guest in 2024 was $610, according to The Knot.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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And with the holidays right around the corner, keep in mind that a sweet-smelling scented candle gift makes a lovely present for just about anyone on your list—from a coworker to your votive-loving mom.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The playoffs open April 18, with June 21 being the last possible day before the Stanley Cup is awarded.—
Rob Rossi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In keeping with tradition, physics is the second Nobel to be awarded this week, after two American and one Japanese scientist won the medicine prize for breakthroughs in understanding the immune system.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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For another, there’s the DESI data, our best large-scale structure data at present, which seems to slightly favor the presence of evolving (and, in particular, decaying or weakening) dark energy.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Oct. 2025
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Holding a bottle of wine and an armful of kiddie presents.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Giants cannot afford to finish in the back half of the league in rotation ERA next season and hope to be a good or consistent team.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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There are few litigants besides the nation’s largest bank that could afford to pay such costs.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the poultry came from a donation that hardly made up for the 74,000 pounds of chicken that never arrived in June.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
3 Oct. 2025
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But meeting minutes from October of last year obtained by the Herald/Times showed a $10 million donation from an unknown source.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As Riofrancos notes, approximately 69 percent of transition minerals—and a whopping 85 percent of lithium reserves—are in or near Indigenous or poor communities across the globe, rendering these groups disproportionately vulnerable to water contamination, displacement, and economic insecurity.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their skin is separated from the meat so the fat can render beneath it, crisping the surface while basting the flesh from within.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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That includes research presentations on hip-hop, identity and activism, interactive workshops in education and creative practice, and a freestyle dance battle.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Oct. 2025
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The digital reproduction of the color and contrast in the IMAX 70mm and VistaVision prints was extremely impressive, providing a pretty acceptable facsimile of VistaVision’s grain while being a little less soft than the IMAX 70mm presentation.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Numbers provided by Cincinnati Public Schools show that the school district had 4,326 homeless students last year, representing a 77% increase from a decade prior, despite total student enrollment increasing by only 538 students over the same period of time.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Green Hill plans to help restart Smith Springs financially, provide manpower for physical work and could potentially have some of its congregants move to Smith Springs Baptist, officials said.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Comp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comp. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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