compare
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"People used to compare who had spent more," dance teacher Yuan told AFP at a new retail space in central Shanghai filled with luxury handbags, belts and jewellery items -- all second hand.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
His parents compare notes with others whose adult children are struggling to find work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Swain said this Santa Ana wind event doesn’t compare to those that fanned the flames of the Palisades and Eaton fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
This approach allowed the scientists to compare how the same person's brain responded with and without the additional cortisol.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
I compare my freckled brown skin to the boy, Zeta-3’s.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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That compares to a net loss of $13 billion during the same period a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
"But now everyone compares who got a better deal and spent less," the 24-year-old said at the two-storey warehouse-style store in the centre of the Chinese financial hub.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Beyaz compares PPARD's opposing roles to "the force" in Star Wars.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The letter compares the prospect to "Coronation Street leaving the north-west, or EastEnders leaving the south-east", adding that it risks "ripping out the heart of Ambridge".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"I . . . uh . . . I'm doing an experiment. You know—how feeding meat to an animal compares with just giving it pellets and stuff."
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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Russ and Edna Trager, who moved to Elephant Butte from Los Angeles and own a kayak-outfitting shop, said that over the summer, revenue dropped 63% compared with average sales from several prior years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
That would be a massive increase compared with the $86 billion that Jonas projects SpaceX to book this year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Das and Ranka are key leaders of the CJP, which began as an internet joke in May after India's top judge compared unemployed young people to "cockroaches".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The technological progress is even clearer when compared with NASA's first Mars rover, Sojourner.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
But what struck me was how light and bright the models seemed compared to the heavy portraits right next door.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Clarkson alleged that an employee spoke to her in a condescending manner after revealing that a similar item would cost $15,000, comparing the encounter to the infamous shopping scene in “Pretty Woman.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
"If you want to sell something to a person, you have to try to convince them by doing something," he said when comparing selling pictures to managing Premier League players.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The latter doesn’t just compile your shopping list—it can buy the groceries for you, comparing prices at different store websites and placing a delivery order with the cheapest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The incident drew comments on Facebook, comparing it to the films “El Mariachi” and “Desperado” in which Banderas plays a character who hides guns inside a guitar case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
They visited her insistently, comparing notes on shopping and travel, asking her to go to parties with them.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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