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Recent Examples of comparable The Kering eyewear and corporate division also bucked the trend with a 10 percent increase in comparable sales. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025 Sales at Gucci, which account for almost half of the group’s total revenues, plunged 24% annually over the three month period to 1.92 billion euros, on a comparable basis, extending losses for the group’s once darling luxury label. Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025 In late January, Prom compared online prices at Aldi and Walmart to prices for comparable items at two relatively high-end supermarkets: Whole Foods and a local ma-and-pa chain. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025 Switch-Seat Strategy A frequent flyer shared their strategy of only agreeing to switch seats if they are guaranteed a comparable one. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for comparable 
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  • One of Augustine’s favorite ways to find new opportunities is to search through LinkedIn for workers who held similar roles, either at the same company or a competitor.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • There is also a similar and unrelated Death Clock app, which uses AI and scientific research to determine when users may die.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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  • This latest report, which Moses and Mei started sending out via email at the end of December, follows an analogous one released last year by the duo.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Fox faced particularly rough comps with last season’s analogous broadcast, which featured the Detroit Lions’ first trip to the NFC championship game in 32 years.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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  • Various bills filed in Congress since Trump first announced his plans are more alike than not, but among the differences is the handling payroll taxes, including FICA, which helps fund Medicare and Social Security.
    Matthew Glowicki, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Its 69 rooms and suites feature floor-to-ceiling windows and some have private landscaped terraces with wooden trellises sparkling with lights, but no two rooms are alike.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, TIME, 25 July 2024
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  • Since 1997, Congress has required NSF to explicitly weigh such factors in its grantmaking.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
  • However, in the past three years, half a dozen such procedures have taken place in the United States using pigs that have been genetically modified, so their organs are more compatible with humans’.
    Nadia Kounang, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025

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“Comparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparable. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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