Definition of comparablenext

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Recent Examples of comparable The agency is reviewing whether the show should be exempt from equal time rules, which require that broadcasters who feature presidential candidates provide comparable time to rivals, if requested. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Lululemon’s Americas revenue declined 3 percent in its first fiscal quarter, while comparable sales in the region fell by 5 percent. Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026 No other major demographic group experienced a comparable sustained decline. Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 When the work is comparable, the payout experience is the tiebreaker. Ran Grushkowsky, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comparable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparable
Adjective
  • Side effects were similar to other vaccines that people typically get for other diseases, Healy noted.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Both would likely keep Ukraine moving in a similar direction.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Astronomers are finding that in between the brightest stars, the 'tallest skyscrapers' in the above analogy, there are much fainter stars analogous to smaller buildings.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • War weariness on the rise Ukrainian experts say the logic of hitting largely consumer targets is in part retribution for analogous Russian attacks, and that disrupted supply chains affect the military as well.
    Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • America's most affluent suburbs are more alike than different.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • According to author Caroline Hallemann—whose book The Kennedys and the Windsors came out on June 2—the two women were even more alike than meets the eye.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 9 June 2026
Adjective
  • Attorneys with Howard Cooper, Todd & Weld, the law firm representing Patrick Clancy, are calling statements like that patently false and defamatory, warning of the real-life consequences making such claims can have.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Bonta’s office, however, has argued that such behavioral remedies have proven impossible to enforce in the past.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Comparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparable. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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