draw a comparison
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or draw comparisons
: to say that two or more things or people are similar
The brochure draws a comparison between the hotel and a medieval palace.
The writer draws unflattering comparisons between the mayor and a dictator.
Examples of draw a comparison in a Sentence
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Trump has used the occasion of the public launch of his company to draw a comparison between his legal difficulties and the Christian commemoration of Holy Week, which ends Sunday with the celebration of Easter.
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Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
As people react to the acquittal of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse and the Wisconsin parade attack that resulted in six deaths and dozens of injuries, some on social media are trying to draw a comparison between the two cases.
—Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2021
Nearly 30 years after my med school gun range demonstration, Dr. Ernest E. Moore, trauma surgeon and director of trauma research at the Shock Trauma Center named after him at Denver Health, is also using the watermelon example to draw a comparison between different firearms.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 8 June 2022
The lawsuit also attempts to draw a comparison between ESPN's treatment of Steele and other colleagues who violated network policy but were not punished.
—Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
Christine Hill, who twice ran unsuccessfully for the assembly, printed out the stars at home and was handing them out for others to wear during the meeting to draw a comparison to the oppression and genocide of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2021
Christine Hill, who twice ran unsuccessfully for the assembly, printed out the stars at home and handed them out for others to wear to draw a comparison to the oppression and genocide of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
The researchers draw a comparison with an apple seed that has the potential to grow into something great, but that potential is far from guaranteed.
—Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
After Bennett’s declaration, Netanyahu unleashed an angry speech that almost seemed to draw a comparison between the United States and two of Israel’s bitter foes, Iran and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
As people react to the acquittal of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse and the Wisconsin parade attack that resulted in six deaths and dozens of injuries, some on social media are trying to draw a comparison between the two cases.
—Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2021
Nearly 30 years after my med school gun range demonstration, Dr. Ernest E. Moore, trauma surgeon and director of trauma research at the Shock Trauma Center named after him at Denver Health, is also using the watermelon example to draw a comparison between different firearms.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 8 June 2022
The lawsuit also attempts to draw a comparison between ESPN's treatment of Steele and other colleagues who violated network policy but were not punished.
—Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
Christine Hill, who twice ran unsuccessfully for the assembly, printed out the stars at home and was handing them out for others to wear during the meeting to draw a comparison to the oppression and genocide of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2021
Christine Hill, who twice ran unsuccessfully for the assembly, printed out the stars at home and handed them out for others to wear to draw a comparison to the oppression and genocide of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
The researchers draw a comparison with an apple seed that has the potential to grow into something great, but that potential is far from guaranteed.
—Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
After Bennett’s declaration, Netanyahu unleashed an angry speech that almost seemed to draw a comparison between the United States and two of Israel’s bitter foes, Iran and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
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