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Recent Examples of comparison
In comparison, the 16e scored 3,441 and 8,362, and the 17 scored 3,653 and 9,264, respectively.
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Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
And William’s image is relatively clean, particularly in comparison to his older relatives.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Mar. 2026
For Adebayo, there still is a considerable gap to overcome, with his 10,001 points paling in comparison to Wade’s 21,556 with the Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Consider one simple comparison.
—Mike Garcia, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
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Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
And William’s image is relatively clean, particularly in comparison to his older relatives.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Mar. 2026
For Adebayo, there still is a considerable gap to overcome, with his 10,001 points paling in comparison to Wade’s 21,556 with the Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Consider one simple comparison.
—Mike Garcia, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparison
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Her lyrics declared independence from clingy lovers and assorted social expectations, often through analogies inspired by technology.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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Once again using the housing analogy, think of VPS hosting as your own apartment in a building, with utilities that other tenants can't use.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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Their departures illustrate just how complicated the entire roster equation is, and perhaps how availability could outweigh the desire for name-power in future configurations.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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School pride is just a small part of the equation for these places that effortlessly blend town and gown to create one vibrant community.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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Translation, too, is a practice of uneven equivalences.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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His disturbing and bloody rhetoric created a twisted equivalence between violent crime and immigrants, most of whom come here to work, raise families and contribute to our population growth and economy.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Collegiate Consulting study focuses largely on branding and visibility through a metric known as advertising value equivalency (AVE), which measures how much advertising would cost with equivalent exposure.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Today, the global observance celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women while also lobbying for greater gender parity.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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Despite the fact that mental health parity has been paused and Medicaid financing (responsible for more than a quarter of all behavioral health expenditures) is on the ropes, there are some promising recent developments on mental illness and addiction.—
Anand Parekh,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
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For all its public association with queerness, ballet remains largely committed to a frail, wispy femininity and a princely but muscular and explosive masculinity—with the stringent, often punishing body-shape standards to match.—
Chloe Angyal,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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The homeowners association fee just went up to $686 a month, straining her budget, and the value of her unit has plummeted.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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To Tracey, that reflexive linkage is telling.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Mar. 2026
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In a brake-by-wire setup, the driver’s pedal input is converted into an electrical command that is sent directly to actuators at each wheel, removing the need for traditional mechanical or hydraulic linkages.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparison. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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