comparable
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Jersey does not have comparable rivers and waterways to those in the UK but it does have a number of reservoirs.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
The 1920s saw rapid technological adoption, including cars, radio and electricity, creating societal shifts comparable to today’s tech disruptions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Although it cannot be seen directly, researchers suspected it might be a white dwarf, a dense stellar remnant with a mass similar to the Sun but compressed into a size comparable to Earth.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
Under this deal, BMG is now of comparable size to Warner Records, the smallest of the “Big Three.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
The information content of the human brain expressed in bits is probably comparable to the total number of connections among the neurons—about a hundred trillion, 1014, bits.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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