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as in equates
to describe as similar
reviews that compared the adventure movie to a thrilling ride on a roller coaster
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as in identifies
to regard or represent as equal or comparable
compared the restaurant's food to the nectar of the gods
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Recent Examples of compares
By one measure, which compares a company’s stock price to its earnings per share, these companies might look expensive.
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Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
That compares with 84 by this time last year.
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Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
The market compares those results with what the valuation already embedded.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Chapter 7 bankruptcy requires passing a means test that compares your income to your state's median, and Social Security income is generally excluded from that calculation.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
This compares the typical cost of housing to the typical income that can be earned in an area.
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Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
23 June 2026
The system aggregates sensor readings, analyzes trends, compares current measurements with historical baselines, and flags anomalies that may indicate emerging failures.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
That compares with 38 people in 2024 and 49 in 2023, Ducharme said.
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Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Bullish bias is showing up in the price of out-of-the-money calls that are twice as expensive as equivalent puts, according to data from Nations Indexes RiskDex index on SpaceX, which compares the prices of one-standard deviation contracts.
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Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
That compares with 84 by this time last year.
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Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
The market compares those results with what the valuation already embedded.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Chapter 7 bankruptcy requires passing a means test that compares your income to your state's median, and Social Security income is generally excluded from that calculation.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
This compares the typical cost of housing to the typical income that can be earned in an area.
—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
23 June 2026
The system aggregates sensor readings, analyzes trends, compares current measurements with historical baselines, and flags anomalies that may indicate emerging failures.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
That compares with 38 people in 2024 and 49 in 2023, Ducharme said.
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Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Bullish bias is showing up in the price of out-of-the-money calls that are twice as expensive as equivalent puts, according to data from Nations Indexes RiskDex index on SpaceX, which compares the prices of one-standard deviation contracts.
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Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compares
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Part of the problem is that the conversation around remote work often equates isolation with autonomy.
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Five Hundred Years of Religion in America means this is not just another history going back to 1776, and this is not a book that equates religion with Christianity.
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Michigan, which typically identifies about 50 cases of cyclosporiasis in a year, has reported at least 170 cases, clustered in seven counties, over the past nine days, according to the state’s Department of Health.
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And most interestingly, her chyron identifies her as a Freelance Journalist with no further explanation.
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Empower connects to a wide range of accounts, including bank accounts, IRAs, retirement plans, loans, credit cards and mortgages.
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Inside, the interiors strike a balance between classic New England and contemporary design, with white shiplap walls, playful wallpaper, warm wood accents, and a spiral staircase that connects the upper and lower levels.
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Eisman relates that Elon Musk plans to make money from ventures that only exit in the fictional world.
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But by then, Rockmount’s shirts were iconic, Weil relates in his third book about Western apparel and Rockmount.
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The builder likens the system to an air fryer, which is almost enough to put you off your French fries.
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For 80 years the most magical music festival in America has taken place over a long early June weekend in a town that got its name from the Chumash word for moon, that likens itself to Shangri-la and that lets time stop for those sudden moments when the setting sun pinkens the Topatopa mountains.
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