comparative
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Much of that work took place in the laboratory of Albee Messing, professor emeritus of comparative biosciences and former director of the Waisman Center, whose discoveries helped make the treatment possible.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
That comparative advantage is rapidly disappearing, and a new one is emerging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
This fixes the Greenland-Africa size issue, allowing those who use it to get a sense of the comparative size of different landmasses, all while preserving straight lines of longitude and latitude.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
As a connoisseur of comparative risk, I get why car buyers would choose older, more tested engine technology over the complexities of hybrid power and batteries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The present comparative rarity of tuberculosis results in large measure from the fact that the average person now seldom comes into contact with the tubercle bacillus.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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The company said this would be driven, among other items, by actions taken in North America and continental Europe to improve performance, as well as easier comparatives in continental Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
ITV said ad comparatives become tougher in the second half, but it expected July to be up 68%, August up 17% and September to be positive.
From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2021
In a sport built on comparatives — faster, longer, more, more, more — his 100-mile trail race portfolio is formidable: He has won 38 of them, more than anyone else in the world.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2016
The comparatives of the second stanza form a landscape – old hills, newly swollen streams – but why are these features specifically English?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2013
The Incorrigibles had been studying comparatives and superlatives.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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