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Recent Examples of comparison
In comparison, the state saw 7,000 to 9,000 Valley Fever cases each year from 2017 to 2023, the health agency said.
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Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
For comparison, Adobe's net profit margins have stood at a little over 30% in recent quarters.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
For comparison, Sportico’s average team values in other U.S. sports leagues have the average NBA team at $4.6 billion, MLB team at $2.82 billion and NHL team at $1.79 billion.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Delta, United, Alaska and American Airlines have all joined the federal program, where travelers at select airports can skip presenting a physical ID in favor of TSA's facial comparison technology.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
For comparison, Adobe's net profit margins have stood at a little over 30% in recent quarters.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
For comparison, Sportico’s average team values in other U.S. sports leagues have the average NBA team at $4.6 billion, MLB team at $2.82 billion and NHL team at $1.79 billion.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Delta, United, Alaska and American Airlines have all joined the federal program, where travelers at select airports can skip presenting a physical ID in favor of TSA's facial comparison technology.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparison
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The interesting thing here is taking that analogy to the bitter lesson.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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That’s as far as the analogy goes, though film fans can easily guess who is Mr. Potter in this scenario.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
26 July 2025
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But this emphasis on training has cast a long shadow over the other half of the equation: inference.—
Ivo Ivanov,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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At the extreme high end of the equation, Japanese star Shohei Ohtani is expected to rake in $100 million in endorsements in 2025 alone.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Traditional testing models like equivalence partitioning or boundary analysis must now be complemented with new approaches tailored to AI behavior.—
Pradeep Govindasamy,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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There can be no equivalence between terrorists and their victims.—
Christopher Hale,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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New York’s century-old substantial equivalency standards were designed to ensure that all students — in public, private, and religious schools — receive at least a minimally adequate education in core subjects.—
Adina Mermelstein Konikoff,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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This funding supports adult learners, who, for whatever reason, may not be fully proficient in reading, may need more education to be prepared for the workforce, may need help completing high school or high school equivalency.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
16 July 2025
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Expansion might actually create more parity than a tiered league.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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In addition to fully funding HB 8, Sean Hassan, chair of ACC's board of trustees, said the college is also advocating for parity between dual credit and advanced placement courses in grade point average to incentivize more students to earn college credit in high school.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The practice doesn’t work: Virtually every major medical association denounces it as junk science.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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So long as the kids are unaccounted for, our minds are free to make whatever associations might arise.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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The linkage between climate change and human rights opens new avenues of legal consequences for high GHG emissions.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Trump has repeatedly pressed Powell publicly and privately to lower interest rates while chafing at the chairman’s linkage of the president’s gyrating trade levies to inflation and U.S. economic uncertainty.—
Kristina Karisch,
The Hill,
19 June 2025
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“Comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparison. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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