comparable
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Both are large workforces, roughly comparable in size, though truck drivers are disproportionately men and call center workers disproportionately women—and as you'd guess, truck drivers earn substantially more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Total revenue rose 7.4% in the first quarter, but comparable sales increased just 0.5%.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
This would be comparable to what happens with our own Moon.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
But Allen, typically, was not fazed, saying his show bested the competition in key markets and was more comparable with the same time period last May before Colbert’s post-cancellation victory lap.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 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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