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[kuhm-pair] / kəmˈpɛər /




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Researchers believe it is the first study to compare depression symptoms in the same participants before and after they moved from their usual ultra-processed diet to healthier foods.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

“When I looked at reclassified students from one district to another, I couldn’t compare apples to apples,” said Manuel Buenrostro, policy director at Californians Together, an advocacy group that co-sponsored the bill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

As consumers compare prices and look for deals, manufacturers may have less room to raise prices without losing sales.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

"I know it's not a title fight but it's two former heavyweight champions. It's a fair price when you compare it to other major sporting events such as the football World Cup," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Breaking a song into “chunks” helps exercise children’s cognitive and analytical abilities to understand, compare, and contrast the different parts or phrases of a song.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

That compares with the roughly 7.5% rate on new 30-year fixed mortgages, according to Mortgage News Daily.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

That compares to a $6.2m pre-tax profit in the previous year.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“You can build a 6% or 7% high-quality portfolio,” Ivascyn says, which compares favorably with a stock market trading at high valuations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

This compares with a previous estimate of 42.5% for the period.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

That compares to about 15 percent in 1983.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The pressure on France has investors obsessing over a level known as “the spread,” or the extra yield on French bonds compared with the bloc’s safest investment: the German bund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Register.si spokesperson Klara Herman said 44,000 web addresses with the .si suffix had been registered in September, compared to less than 2,000 in August - an increase of more than 2,100%.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Sales in China, another key market, were likely down in the “high-teens range” last quarter compared to a year earlier, Delaney said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

In total, net tax revenue in the state budget would increase by 18 billion euros compared to this year to reach 375 billion euros.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The books at Buschke’s were slapdashedly scattered, but the disarray was nothing compared to the confusion of Bókin.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

So an active corporate-bond fund would look a lot better by comparing itself to the Agg instead of to a corporate index.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

By comparing the new snout with museum specimens from Britain and Europe, it provided clear evidence that fossils originally thought to be Severnichthys were actually a combination of two separate species.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

To recreate the extinct antimicrobial peptide, Sil began by comparing lactoferrin gene sequences from living species such as humans and cows.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

With a vibrant social scene and plenty of recreation, it provides a realistic baseline for comparing the financial advantages of living and working abroad.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Pa said, “I never knew a woman could get so sick,” and Mrs. yelled at him, “Stop comparing me to Cecile!” and she took some things and left for a few days.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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