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
  • Daniel later pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge connected to his threats, and in June of this year he was sentenced in state court to three years in prison and five years of probation, just weeks before his 19th birthday.
    — Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Members who had barely spoken to each other or had climbed on different days are now connected via WhatsApp to try to enlist longtime Manhattan Plaza residents in their cause.
    — Sarah Rose Siskind, Curbed, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • 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 4 Oct. 2026.

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