as in measuring up (to)
to come near or nearer to in character or quality
nothing compares with the literary achievement of Shakespeare
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approximating
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Only the handful of relegation-proof Premier League clubs have anything approximating US sport franchise valuations, because everyone else’s value could evaporate as a result of a bad season or two.—
Andrés Martinez,
Fortune,
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In the field of cosmology, approximating dark energy with a cosmological constant has been remarkably successful since its presence was first revealed in the late 1990s.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Comparing (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparing%20%28with%29. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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