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comparison

[kuhm-par-uh-suhn] / kəmˈpær ə sən /


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By comparison, Neptune is about 30AU away from the Sun.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

By comparison, the median assets held by Americans ages 65 to 74 in retirement accounts was $200,000 in 2022, according to the most recent data from the Federal Reserve.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

And for the American players, there was no comparison between the two, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

That comparison might sound hyperbolic since Vietnam was a 20-year meat-grinder of a war that cost the lives of more than 50,000 Americans and something like 3.5 million Vietnamese, both troops and civilians.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

The strangeness of Mr. Collins’s making two offers of marriage within three days was nothing in comparison of his being now accepted.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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