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Recent Examples of comparison
By comparison, the June protest drew a crowd of more than 4,000.
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Tony Cook, IndyStar, 18 Oct. 2025
The closest thing to a recent comparison is Pat Murphy, who has been successful in his first two seasons as the Milwaukee Brewers’ manager after spending time coaching at Notre Dame (1988-94) and Arizona State (1995-2009).
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
In comparison, Hermès has been a paragon of stability.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
By comparison, during the 2008 financial crisis, defaults in high-yield debt were in low double digits.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
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Tony Cook, IndyStar, 18 Oct. 2025
The closest thing to a recent comparison is Pat Murphy, who has been successful in his first two seasons as the Milwaukee Brewers’ manager after spending time coaching at Notre Dame (1988-94) and Arizona State (1995-2009).
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
In comparison, Hermès has been a paragon of stability.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
By comparison, during the 2008 financial crisis, defaults in high-yield debt were in low double digits.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparison
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Cramer has another analogy about investing in meme stocks.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Archery elk hunting is a good analogy for life.—
Devon O’Neil,
Outside,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The other part of the equation — making sure graduates land good jobs — is more complicated.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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As a result, Portland isn’t just synonymous with Nike and Columbia Sportswear, Laika now factors into that equation.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There can be no equivalences drawn between the two political extremes in this country, especially when one extreme is led by a man who rarely speaks without lying.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 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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At first, though, there was little doubt in the North that there was no moral equivalency of cause with the South.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 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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The champions flung on their full attacking resources in the latter stages and pushed desperately for parity.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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This ensures that their mirror-universe versions are the same, thus maintaining the symmetry of parity.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Politicians toy with those associations in their own cowboy costuming.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Their risk of major depression rose by about 16%, while there was no significant association among men.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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While Gandy played twice in the state of California during his three seasons with the Falcons, there’s an insufficient linkage between the Falcons and California for purposes of workers’ comp coverage.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The linkage of extremist speech to lethal violence has prompted calls to legally restrict or punish extremist speech.—
Gregory P. Magarian,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparison. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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