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Recent Examples of comparison
By comparison, the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS)—missiles and rockets currently used by both launchers—have ranges of up to 186 miles and 93 miles, respectively, according to Lockheed Martin.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
By comparison, more than 80% of the nation’s counties have at least three options.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
However, Swift's explicitness pales in comparison to the amount of profanity across the music industry, research shows.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
That’s about the extent of the comparison, however.
—Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
By comparison, more than 80% of the nation’s counties have at least three options.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
However, Swift's explicitness pales in comparison to the amount of profanity across the music industry, research shows.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
That’s about the extent of the comparison, however.
—Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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When the United States joined NATO in 1949, American policymakers pointed to the Rio Pact as a precedent and drew analogies between the alliance’s founding document, the North Atlantic Treaty, and the Monroe Doctrine.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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Where words divide, the Saint Laurent aesthetic creates space to breathe and invent new analogies.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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It was described by the Butler-Volmer equation.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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Multiple versions of platform clogs were spotted on streets around NYFW shows a few weeks ago, whether in suede or leather materials, and fashion insiders provided inspiration ripe for the picking on how exactly to pair them with fall outfit equations.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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That false equivalence, Sadeghi noted, is part of a broader retrieval problem.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The curators wanted to include pictures of the victims and artifacts on loan from the cities; however, opponents argued these elements were offensive to veterans and portrayed a false moral equivalence between America and Japan’s actions during the war.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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As at many schools, CAMP at Millersville is also linked with programs that help migrant students earn their high school equivalency diplomas, known as HEP.—
Jordan Owens,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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For adults wanting to change careers, the state offers free services to support preparing for high school equivalency tests and post-secondary education.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Sep. 2025
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Achieving cost parity with China for batteries requires production at scale, and that scale depends on strong, sustained demand for EVs, the largest battery consumer.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The team has developed a new class of quantum low-density parity-check (LDPC) error correction codes that perform close to the hashing bound, the theoretical efficiency limit for quantum error correction.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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The company operates these systems under contract with law enforcement agencies, neighborhood associations, and private property owners.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The players’ association and the WNBA agreed to an eight-year agreement in 2020, but the WNBPA voted last eyar to opt out of the agreement early.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Even Alejandro’s previous album wasn’t spared a similar linkage, despite being released two whole months before Benito’s magnum opus.—
Juan J. Arroyo,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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South Australia’s data linkage demonstration projects prove that residential flexibility can scale.—
Alvaro Rozo,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparison. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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