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For comparison, a cup of Bartlett pears has 0.5 grams of protein, cantaloupe has 1.3 grams, and strawberries contain 1 gram.111213
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 4 June 2025
Others leaned-in heavily on the Paul Bunyan-type comparisons for the 22-year-old Caglianone.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
For fair comparison, peer stock returns also represent post-earnings one-day (1D) returns.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
For comparison, that’s a rate of growth four times faster than major news sites like The New York Times and The Washington Post saw during that same period.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 4 June 2025
Others leaned-in heavily on the Paul Bunyan-type comparisons for the 22-year-old Caglianone.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
For fair comparison, peer stock returns also represent post-earnings one-day (1D) returns.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
For comparison, that’s a rate of growth four times faster than major news sites like The New York Times and The Washington Post saw during that same period.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparison
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During a Cannes Festival press conference earlier this month, Lee drew an analogy between awards shows and basketball.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
31 May 2025
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Going back to train analogies, think of John Henry, the 19th-century folk hero.—
Greg Edwards,
The Conversation,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Baseball’s injury epidemic is part of the equation.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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And activists on both sides of the equation are warning about an impending constitutional crisis, although their rationales are very different.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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By seeking asset-token equivalence and regulatory interoperability, the company is building what could become a common framework not just for startups and DeFi protocols, but for banks, hedge funds, and asset managers as well.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Richter seems to reject the notion of typology altogether, pushing instead the idea of visual equivalence to its limits, exposing how images (regardless of weight or meaning) can be trivialized through repetition.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Leaving prison with $20 and a high school equivalency certificate, Fauteck straightened up.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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The aforementioned traditionalists adopt Tether’s strategy, using US dollar deposits and Treasuries to maintain the 1:1 equivalency.—
Earl Carr,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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No conference in major college football can match the Big 12 for parity, which is both a blessing and curse.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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Overwhelming data, research and statistics were compiled to help costume designers achieve the major success of pay parity.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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So, in February 1900, when MTV’s football players moved to start playing competitive games and indicated their desire to join the local football association, their fellow members were aghast.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Elevated mortgage rates, skyrocketing prices and rising housing costs—including homeowners association fees and home insurance premiums—have pushed many prospective buyers to the sidelines, dampening demand.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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America's strengths lie in innovation, university and industry linkages, and access to other free markets.—
Nick Mordowanec
Mandy Taheri
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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Fort Worth City Council members agreed April 22 to spend tens of thousands of dollars studying the potential economic impact of a high-speed rail linkage to downtown.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparison. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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