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Recent Examples of comparison
By comparison, the European Union, which has a similar population, spent roughly $2 trillion that same year.
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Bob Rommel, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
And in many lights, their budget still pales in comparison to City, Arsenal and Chelsea.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
The comparison also shows that the Cybercab is different from Tesla’s current lineup, particularly the Model Y, which is one of the company’s best-selling vehicles globally.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
For comparison’s sake, the economy added roughly 121,000 jobs per month in 2024, a rate that was in line with historical averages.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
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Bob Rommel, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
And in many lights, their budget still pales in comparison to City, Arsenal and Chelsea.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
The comparison also shows that the Cybercab is different from Tesla’s current lineup, particularly the Model Y, which is one of the company’s best-selling vehicles globally.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
For comparison’s sake, the economy added roughly 121,000 jobs per month in 2024, a rate that was in line with historical averages.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparison
Noun
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Middle managers is another analogy that comes up often.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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As Trump fumbles with the Pandora’s Box he’s broken open, there’s no shortage of historical analogies to choose from.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Capital is only stranded on one side of the equation.—
Daren Smith,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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So Jaguar decided to change the equation, and the ensuing polarizing response was exactly what the company was looking for, at least to hear Jaguar tell it.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Programs in Michigan prisons range from high school equivalency and special education to trades like welding, robotics and commercial truck driving.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 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
Noun
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The draft is designed to increase parity by sending the best new players to the worst teams in the league.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The move doesn’t exactly contribute to the idea of parity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The association backs a bill moving through both chambers at the State Capitol that would enhance the existing law.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Some Democrats argue that the cost of ignoring young male voters is higher than the risk of association with Piker.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Mission teams have secured the rocket's mobile launcher to infrastructure at the pad, connected power and communications linkages and installed the crew's emergency egress system.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s another category of shock that affects maybe only one or two sectors directly, but those sectors have very high linkages to the rest of the economy.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparison. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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