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comparative

[kuhm-par-uh-tiv] / kəmˈpær ə tɪv /


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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

A comparative literature professor at Stanford University, his forthcoming book, “What Tech Calls Governing,” examines the increasingly authoritarian politics of Silicon Valley.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Using state-of-the-art ultra-long DNA sequencing technologies together with newly available comparative datasets, the team found that high AMY1 copy numbers had already become more common in the Andes several thousand years before Europeans arrived.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Fernando Alonso, age 44, is consistently out-performing his younger team-mate and probably given a comparative car would also win a race.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

That was another time of comparative coolness but menaced by the coming of the dark.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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

British online fashion retailer Boohoo said revenue fell 11% in its key Christmas trading period, hurt by delivery disruption and tough comparatives, as it broadly stuck to annual guidance.

From Reuters Jan. 19, 2023

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

This is a role that risks a dizzyingly intimidating collection of comparatives on the vocal and comedic fronts.

From Chicago Tribune Dec. 28, 2010

The Incorrigibles had been studying comparatives and superlatives.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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