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Recent Examples of comparison
In comparison to OpenAI, Google’s deal hasn’t had quite the same level of scrutiny, even within the company.
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Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 4 May 2026
The spat from earlier this year looks mild by comparison.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Bread Zeppelin also leaned into the comparison.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Jones smiled when told about the comparison to Zedak.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 4 May 2026
The spat from earlier this year looks mild by comparison.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Bread Zeppelin also leaned into the comparison.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Jones smiled when told about the comparison to Zedak.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparison
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At one point, Lennon was musing about his belief in reincarnation, and enumerating some of his past lives and identities, when Ono made a blunt analogy.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Many of those players were as tough as ring-shank nails, to borrow another carpentry analogy.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Chronicle completes the equation.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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Luigi Avantaggiato But the island’s aesthetic—and the tourism industry that depends on it—are only part of the equation.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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In this conceptual system, there is also an equivalence between the duties of various tribes—defense, sustenance, healing—and the overall balance of nature, in which each animal plays its part.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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On Friday, Metropolitan Police chief Mark Rowley sought to draw equivalence between the threat to Jewish communities from Islamic terrorism and other types of terrorists, though the only notable attacks have come from Islamic terrorists.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2026
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Other successful projects include the use of educational radio for secondary education in Mexico and Brazil, elementary mathematics education in Nicaragua, a teacher program in Kenya, and adult equivalency education in the Dominican Republic.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
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Adult general education programs prepare those taking the GED exam for the equivalency of a high school diploma.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Last season, the illusion of parity vanished when the Liberty put a 48-point pasting on the rebuilding Sun.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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The second-apron payroll threshold and other financial penalties designed to create some semblance of financial parity among teams have also made trades more difficult to pull off than ever.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The metal’s association with kings melds perfectly with his conception of himself as one.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Arts institutions in the area have formed an association to resist the development.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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Thomas has focused on initiatives that create these broader economic linkages, the goal being to strengthen the systems that allow businesses and individuals to participate in formal economic activity.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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This would be achieved by making the flying experience less like an airplane and more like an automobile, including replacing mechanical control linkages with fly-by-wire systems, even removing the traditional rudder pedals.—
David Szondy
April 25,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparison. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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