as in similar
having qualities in common
two comparable selections that are hard to choose between
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Recent Examples of comparable
Over the first three months of this year, 29 cases have been reported, double the total seen during the comparable period last year.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
As such, the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones remain our Editors' Choice winners, delivering comparable audio quality complemented by much stronger noise cancellation.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
That pushes the annual budget to 3× a comparable mainland prison, roughly $70 – 75 M every single year.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
If Villa prepare assiduously to burst out of the blocks at home, then the inverse is often true on the road, comparable to a marathon runner who is unsure of their durability in the last few miles.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
As such, the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones remain our Editors' Choice winners, delivering comparable audio quality complemented by much stronger noise cancellation.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
That pushes the annual budget to 3× a comparable mainland prison, roughly $70 – 75 M every single year.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
If Villa prepare assiduously to burst out of the blocks at home, then the inverse is often true on the road, comparable to a marathon runner who is unsure of their durability in the last few miles.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparable
Adjective
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Going on multiple dates with multiple people via apps that are more or less pretty similar is going to cause some kind of fatigue.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
3 May 2025
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One editor felt the cake was similar to Angel Food cake, while two other editors compared the sweet, nutty aroma of the cake to cornbread.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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The work of flattening out three-dimensional sculpture into a two-dimensional painting was analogous to intellectualizing and abstracting Blackness as media became more mobile in the early twentieth century.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Together, these provide a wealth of data that any neuroscientist would envy — analogous to a perfect map of a person’s brain, along with separate electrodes to monitor the activity of each neuron.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Why Open Networks Make Sense Supply chains are deeply complex, and no two systems are alike.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Adaptability Is Key No two performances are alike because no two audiences are alike.—
Dr. Jen Donnell,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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After what soon became known as Alfa Romeo was launched in 1910, its cars quickly dominated such famed endurance races as the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia, and even Le Mans during the first three decades of the marque’s existence.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
14 May 2025
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What response strategies are enacted after such incidents?—
Paul Ponzeka,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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“Comparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparable. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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