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comparison

[kuhm-par-uh-suhn] / kəmˈpær ə sən /


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Kate Steere, parent and consumer editor at the comparison site Finder, said sports kit costs can be "brutal".

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

According to the team, this is the largest comparison of its kind across the animal tree of life.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

Holding a student-loan balance increases your debt-to-income ratio, which is a comparison of how much you owe each month to how much you earn.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

And those numbers pale in comparison to more-ubiquitous quick-service brands like McDonald’s, which operates 13,827 locations across the country, or Starbucks, with 16,875.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

When the lad cried out that he would never be left behind, that he scorned life in comparison with death in so glorious an attempt, Nisus felt only grief and dismay.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Using those comparisons, researchers refined the location of the crater's center to 19.4759°N, 266.7138°E, at an elevation of 511 meters.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

The autopsy report said investigators used dental image comparisons to identify the body, which was severely decomposed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

But comparisons may be complicated by the boycotts.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Unsurprisingly, it's already drawing comparisons between the new number nine and the heroes of the past.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

I'm exhausted by these comparisons to the girl I was before the war.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse




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