as in presentations
something given to someone without expectation of a return
this hotel offers its guests more comps, including a free bottle of champagne, than most in its class
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Recent Examples of comps
Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
The company’s three largest brands — Old Navy, Gap and Banana Republic — all posted positive comps in the quarter, while Gap’s Athleta brand had negative comps.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Quarterly earnings in early August affirmed that concern, even with strong comps as beef prices still dented results.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
So Much Fun) and others exhausting (the YSL Slime Language comps, 2023’s Business Is Business), as well as too many studio leaks unleashed via message board accounts.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
The era of sky-high multiples pandemic multiples are out; pragmatic comps are in.
—Pam Kaur, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Anthropologie saw retail segment comps increase 6 percent, while Free People saw a 14 percent increase in total revenue.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
The closest comps would be their 1-15 stretch in late August and September of 2017 or their 16-26 stumble out of the gate in 2018.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
Elsewhere, Nexstar posted a 9%, or $47 million, loss in sales as its quarterly haul of $475 million reflected tough political spend comps and a shaky automotive market.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
The Logline is under wraps, but the comps are Night at the Museum and An American Werewolf in London.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
The company’s three largest brands — Old Navy, Gap and Banana Republic — all posted positive comps in the quarter, while Gap’s Athleta brand had negative comps.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Quarterly earnings in early August affirmed that concern, even with strong comps as beef prices still dented results.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
So Much Fun) and others exhausting (the YSL Slime Language comps, 2023’s Business Is Business), as well as too many studio leaks unleashed via message board accounts.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
The era of sky-high multiples pandemic multiples are out; pragmatic comps are in.
—Pam Kaur, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Anthropologie saw retail segment comps increase 6 percent, while Free People saw a 14 percent increase in total revenue.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
The closest comps would be their 1-15 stretch in late August and September of 2017 or their 16-26 stumble out of the gate in 2018.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
Elsewhere, Nexstar posted a 9%, or $47 million, loss in sales as its quarterly haul of $475 million reflected tough political spend comps and a shaky automotive market.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comps
Noun
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Williams added that specialized presentations serve to highlight technical cotton technologies that Cotton Incorporated has developed.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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At this year's Upfront advertising presentations, some companies, including Amazon's Prime Video, noted the recent success of podcast content as creators sign multimillion dollar deals and garner millions of followers and views.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Who awards the Nobel Peace Prize?—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prize, consists of five individuals appointed by the Norwegian parliament.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Data from ThredUp shows that 40 percent of shoppers’ holiday budgets will go toward purchasing secondhand gifts.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Oct. 2025
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Highlights include Mexican food and vendors selling gifts and crafts along with piñata for the kids, a catrina costume contest, dog costume contest and raffle.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Maize provides the nutritive backbone to the Three Sisters system, yielding the bulk of the energy and a modest amount of protein.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
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For Broadcom, the move provides deeper access to the booming AI market.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 people — including his own family members — to make donations to his campaign.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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That power is often used to unfairly influence elections through massive campaign donations, to interfere with independent journalism by buying media outlets, and to suppress competition in markets.—
Scott Ellis,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Zelig’s technology renders garments on avatars and shows fabric textures and how the fabrics drape, fold and bunch on models of different heights, sizes and proportions, using thousands of proprietary data points.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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By state law, attorneys general can only alter or withdraw their opinions if state law changes and renders the opinion inaccurate, or a public court finding has the same effect.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With 19 songs that fuse reggaetón with other Latin rhythms, DY presents LAMENTO EN BAILE, his first album since his conversion to faith.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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The moment felt warm and celebratory as her husband, 38, and their children also opened presents from his parents.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The challenge for free societies is that the effectiveness of leadership and social hierarchies always affords the possibility for authoritarianism.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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For the first and only time in a 40-minute conversation, Marnus Labuschagne affords himself a proper grin.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Comps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comps. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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