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But as rock grew and changed as a genre, it became “torturing” to Cohn’s ears, with bands competing in terms of their comparative loudness and audacity.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Student scores fell to their lowest average in a quarter-century on its 2025 Program for International Student Assessment, the world’s largest comparative education survey, which assessed 760,000 15-year-olds across 91 countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

This fixes the Greenland-Africa size issue, allowing those who use it to get a sense of the comparative size of different landmasses, all while preserving straight lines of longitude and latitude.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

In the decades since, researchers around the world have accumulated much more anatomical information and a larger collection of comparative fossils.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

It seemed I could hear all that was to come—whatever the disclosures might be—with comparative tranquillity.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

CIBC’s Kevin Chiang notes the 2025-26 year saw grain production reach 85 million metric tons, which created concern that it would create difficult comparatives for this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

In a sport built on comparatives — faster, longer, more, more, more — his 100-mile trail race portfolio is formidable: He has won 38 of them, more than anyone else in the world.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2016

This is a role that risks a dizzyingly intimidating collection of comparatives on the vocal and comedic fronts.

From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 28, 2010

He said higher food inflation last year made for tough comparatives, while higher fuel costs meant customers had less to spend in stores.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2010

The Incorrigibles had been studying comparatives and superlatives.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood