compare
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I don’t know how to compare to 2021, because in 2021 there were a lot of external factors that didn’t have to do with tech change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
BBC NI weather presenter Barra Best says it allows forecasters to "compare one season with another and look back through decades of weather records".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Researchers plan to compare CAR T-cell therapy with an already approved rheumatoid arthritis drug that also targets B cells.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 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
To compare, and take notes, and understand if there were more deductions to be made.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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"I use the meteorological calendar when putting current conditions into context - whether that's comparing this summer's temperatures with a long-term average, or looking at how a season compares with previous years."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Westgold’s final dividend of 10 Australian cents a share is above consensus of A$0.076/share, while underlying Ebitda of A$1.10 billion compares to consensus at A$1.12 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
She compares her numbers to the computer’s numbers and punches in a bunch of decimals for our commission.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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Part of Jersey Mike’s play will be to boost its presence in social media, where it spent about 1% of its marketing budget last year compared with 10% to 25% at some rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
That gives it a competitive advantage compared with other networking companies, which typically buy components and chips from separate vendors, he explained.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
More than 270 have been imposed since 1999, and a far smaller proportion of prisoners on OLRs have been released compared to IPPs.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
However, its shares fell to as low as HK$43.72 soon after the open, compared with its listing price of HK$48.56.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Housing projects were in need of repair, but compared to the slums of Port-au-Prince, Cuba looked lovely to me.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The last time Bhagwat spoke in the U.S., eight years ago, he urged solidarity among Hindus—who have caste, language and other divides—by comparing the community to a lion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Critics, including Raman, said Bass was directly comparing homeless encampments to street vendors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Researchers are using species recently approved for human consumption as models and comparing the genomes of farmed insects with those of pre-domestication individuals preserved in entomological collections.
From Science Daily ● 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
Except while most of the other kids crowd the hallways joking and laughing and comparing outfits, Elsie and I lock the door to our room and begin our investigation into the disappearance of VanQuish.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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