as in to stack up (against or with)
to come near or nearer to in character or quality
nothing compares with the literary achievement of Shakespeare
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Only Pau Gasol, who won second-team All-Euroleague honors at 19 in 2001, could approximate it.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
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The grant amount—$25,000—was set to approximate the average annual cost of full-time childcare in New York City.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
4 June 2026
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Trump blames vandalism for the troubles with the reflecting pool renovation, announces people are being arrested.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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The first-of-its-kind event reflected a party eager to experiment and broaden its appeal beyond the traditional political crowd.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
22 June 2026
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In the British social calendar, no event quite matches the prestige, pageantry and formal dress protocols of Royal Ascot.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Investigators also matched Mangione’s fingerprints to those found on a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper near the scene of the killing, officials said.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Studios, production companies and distributors regularly approach Promise, a generative AI company, to bring AI into their productions, and each arrives with its own usage guidelines, said the company’s president, Jamie Byrne.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Authorities said Reyes repeatedly approached the girl and asked for her phone number.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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“Compare (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compare%20%28with%29. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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