comparable
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BlackRock agreed to pay an estimated 35 times forward earnings for the firm, a premium price that was comparable with how private-credit manager Ares was valued at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The average refund was $3,521 as of late last month, which is $351 larger than refunds at a comparable time a year ago.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Multi-target missions were completed in just 12 to 23 minutes, while a comparable human-guided mission took 41 minutes.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
Of course, measles and a cold are not remotely comparable, which is precisely the issue with serious diseases that were once eradicated becoming endemic.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
The business of creating commercial rockets and ships is comparable to the early day of developing computers and the Internet.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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