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comparatively

[kuhm-par-uh-tiv-lee] / kəmˈpær ə tɪv li /
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relatively
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Those profiles varied considerably between animals, while remaining comparatively stable when the same cats were sampled on different dates.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

At the time, many thought this was in the realm of sci-fi and the real threats were comparatively far more mundane: job losses, cheating in exams.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

There is something genuinely disorienting about reading all of this in a Senate oversight letter and arriving at Taco Bell as the comparatively lucid party.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Then they’d take their earnings home to Mexico as breadwinners and comparatively rich men, and stay until the next year’s season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

In any event, his mother comparatively soon wanted to visit Gregor, but his father and his sister restrained her, at first with reasons which Gregor listened to very attentively and which he completely endorsed.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka




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