as in similar
having qualities in common
two comparable selections that are hard to choose between
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Recent Examples of comparable
For the fiscal year 2025, comparable sales are forecast to be down low-to-mid-single digits compared to a 1.3% decline in 2024.
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Savyata Mishra, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
The numbers over the last two years are roughly comparable to pre-COVID numbers.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Also included here are other specs that are generally more comparable.
—PC Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
Speaker Yuri Bohlen told the council that the new rule is comparable to how sports teams apply fines or remove players who do not show up for games and practices.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
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Savyata Mishra, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
The numbers over the last two years are roughly comparable to pre-COVID numbers.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Also included here are other specs that are generally more comparable.
—PC Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
Speaker Yuri Bohlen told the council that the new rule is comparable to how sports teams apply fines or remove players who do not show up for games and practices.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparable
Adjective
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Three other states – Louisiana, New Hampshire and Wyoming – have enacted similar laws in recent months.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Wracked with guilt over Su-ho’s injuries, Si-eun enters Weak Hero Class 2 determined not to let another friend suffer a similar, gruesome fate.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In our model, the flow of traffic over a network of roads is analogous to the flow of fluids over a surface — motions that are governed by the laws of fluid dynamics.—
Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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In 1958, Congress created Captioned Films for the Deaf, a program that was meant to be analogous to Talking Books for the Blind.—
David Owen,
New Yorker,
21 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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The interviewer then asked Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, if such statements undermine the Fed’s role as an apolitical institution.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the course of my adult life, such scenes have occurred often, and in far more dramatic fashion.—
Domenico Starnone,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Comparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparable. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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