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[kuhm-pair] / kəmˈpɛər /




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On the surface, Jackson's numbers at Bayern Munich last season compare favourably with those of Watkins at Villa.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The RKI models heat-related mortality using statistical methods that compare deaths during summer weeks with and without heatwaves.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Children would then be followed over time so researchers could compare myopia rates with those seen in daycare centers using conventional lighting.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

The P/E ratios compare with weighted valuations of 19.9 for the S&P 500 and 16 for the S&P MidCap 400, as calculated by FactSet.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

It was a pity, too, as Mrs. Clarke’s gooseberry-pie recipe was beyond compare.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

This compares with approximately 4% for the broader equity market, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Don Henley compares the Eagles’ role there to the organist at a silent movie.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

That compares with 55 ships detected in June and 30 in May, and 58 in July last year.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

The chart below compares Nvidia’s implied move ahead of its earnings reports with how its stock performed in the following session.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

I know what a brain looks like, and generally what each region of it does, but I don’t know how mine compares to others.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The researchers then compared these genetic risk estimates with different characteristics of each participant's sleep.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

Over 60% of their drink purchases are cold, compared with just 30% for shoppers 55 and older.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

That is a modest drop compared with the 3.5 million barrels a day drop in imports.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Polling cited by Axios found that 36 percent of Black voters aged 18 to 29 named jobs and the economy as their top issue, compared with 11 percent who cited racism.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Seven lumbered up the final stretch of the hill and wondered at how different things looked up here compared with the rest of Ravenskill.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Wanting to avoid out-of-context reading between the lines as he praised the Dodgers, Skubal made sure to note that he wasn’t comparing his new situation with his old one.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

“Everybody has been comparing this to Big Tech’s ‘Big Tobacco moment,’” Rob Lalka, a professor at Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

These strange laws of existence provide the framework for Ullom’s excellent social observations, zeroing in on each character’s relationship to this new world and comparing it to the old one.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

"By comparing ecological ways of life for extinct and modern species, we can understand how patterns of adaptive evolution have changed through time and what factors shaped the modern biosphere."

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

I couldn’t help comparing my experience now with an experience I’d had three or four years earlier in Luxembourg when I went hiking with my son for a magazine assignment.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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