compared

past tense of compare
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as in equated
to describe as similar reviews that compared the adventure movie to a thrilling ride on a roller coaster

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Recent Examples of compared According to Trendalytics data released in July 2026, funnel-neck jackets are up 1,924% in search volume compared with the same period a year ago. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 But in the primary, Bass carried 35 Latino majority neighborhoods compared with seven for Raman. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, Stellantis said its sales were around flat compared with a year ago, and Nissan and Kia sales rose by around 1% and 8%, respectively. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 And compared with Samsung’s more expensive Mini LED TVs, the M-series has worse HDR performance and black levels and is harder to use in a dark room, according to RTINGs’ testing. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 When pilots were compared across 10 important physical dimensions, nobody fit the average across all 10. — Manjot Pal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Overall, patients who ate more sugar than average had about a 12% higher risk of dying after their transplants compared with those who didn’t consume as much. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 The company has seen its ridership grow 14% for the year-to-date through August, with revenue up 17% for the same period when compared with last year. — Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Black compared wearing the mask to a Darth Vader mask and joked about the awkwardness of using it in bed. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compared
Verb
  • The character is a type-A perfect student who never has a single hair out of place — a way of being that Gerber has stepped into after years in the fashion industry where perfection is often equated with sublime beauty.
    — Michel Ghanem, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
  • And even when cannabis was prohibited, neither sentencing guidelines nor the public equated its dangers with crack.
    — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • Police also formally identified Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, as among the victims in their new statement.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Here are a few of the critical problems the mathematicians identified.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Both linked the situation to an unusually poor autumn crop of pine nuts and berries.
    — Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But the reverse doesn’t hold—different knots might be linked to the same polynomial.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In several messages quoted in the ruling, Seaver allegedly threatened Nozell and other people connected to Parton’s estate.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • There are two main anchors, the North and South Pavilions, connected by a track almost three kilometers in length, twisting and turning between dunes and rock formations.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The most common side effects of the combo therapy were gastrointestinal-related, generally mild or moderate in severity, and mainly occurred when patients increased doses in the trial.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Lisa Janssen, a Brookfield resident, tried to get the state to set aside two liens against her son and deceased husband, both of whom had been to prison for a variety of larceny, theft and drug-related crimes.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • Reuters also matched career information or job titles for eight people against court filings, news reports, public profiles and online posts.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Later in the night, Harry and Jenna Johnson matched their score, tying for the top of the leaderboard alongside Amber and Pasha.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Compared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compared. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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