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comparable

[kom-per-uh-buhl, kuhm-pair-] / ˈkɒm pər ə bəl, kəmˈpɛər- /




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The team's experiments showed that the gold-patterned structures substantially increased the amount of heat moving across the gap, achieving heat transfer rates up to four times greater than comparable systems lacking the engineered patterns.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Theobald said studies on male athletes had already linked contact sports with certain brain conditions, but a comparable long-term study "has never been done on women".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

That’s far lower than the roughly 74,000 prescriptions that came in for the Wegovy pill in the comparable week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

However, this time the stock has failed to generate a comparable upside response, instead showing signs of hesitation and weakening momentum.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

However, he does say that understanding the universe is comparable to the problem of understanding a clock.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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