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comparable

[kom-per-uh-buhl, kuhm-pair-] / ˈkɒm pər ə bəl, kəmˈpɛər- /




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Since June, bond investors have doubled the incremental yield they demand to lend to Nvidia to about 0.40 percentage point over comparable Treasury bonds, according to pricing service Solve.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

For-sale listings in Peabody spent just 20 days on the market in the first half of 2026, Realtor.com found, while the comparable national figure was about 57 days.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

The findings, published in Optica, Optica Publishing Group's journal for high-impact research, show that sunlight can produce entanglement comparable to laser-based techniques when differences in the bandwidth of the incoming light are taken into account.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

The couple say their home cost around £250,000 less than a comparable Bristol property and, despite occasional trips back for work, they would not return to urban life.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The business of creating commercial rockets and ships is comparable to the early day of developing computers and the Internet.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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