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The researchers compare those levels to the rungs of a ladder.
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
They generally have large troves of AI-generated text alongside content written by humans -- and compare the two.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 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
It was the only one I’d ever really spent time on, so I had nothing to compare it to.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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The 39-degree peak dive compares with a 3-degree angle in a standard descent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
This is illustrated in the above chart, which compares each of these ETFs to the S&P 500 over the past one-, three-, five- and seven-year periods.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
That compares with 5.1% in California and 4.1% for the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
That compares with about 124p a litre before the conflict began but well below the peak of almost 190p in the summer of 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
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Ohtani said he feels “really good” as compared to before he went on the injured list but acknowledged he isn’t sure what he might need to do to address the injuries over the winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Overall, an average of 12 million barrels of oil per day passed through the strait over this period, compared with a pre-war baseline of 17 million.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But only 35 percent considered it benefited Venezuela, compared to 28 percent who said it harmed the Caribbean country.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, the global supply chain that American firms rely on often requires lead times that can stretch several weeks compared to their Chinese peers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Mere puffs of steam, compared to what they were surviving that day.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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A similar pattern emerges when comparing Ford and Hyundai-Kia, which are third and fourth, respectively.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
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
The women take pictures for their own social media too, comparing notes on the stars and other sights they captured that night.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
By comparing turbidite layers associated with the Cascadia and San Andreas fault systems, the researchers found striking similarities in their timing and structure.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Little did he know that Spassky, comparing his own performance to Bobby’s in 1971, judged Bobby the stronger player.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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