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“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
By combining neutron imaging with X-ray techniques, the scientists hope to investigate pathologies preserved in fossils and examine how those ancient conditions compare with differences found in modern species.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
I think father is a very smart man and I will follow his advice, even if he did compare me to a locomotive.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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This compares with Citi’s own estimate of 49 billion euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The put-call ratio is a sentiment indicator, as it compares the volume of puts traded with the volume of calls.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The AI analyzes known Hamas agents’ phones for patterns in their cellular signals and compares them to hundreds of thousands of others in Gaza.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
Huang compares the effect to looking at the night sky.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
It compares technology to the immune system, which is, of course, crucial for survival.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Opponents to the measure have raised $39.3 million compared to $15.6 million garnered by supporters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
"I know I'm better off financially compared to a lot of people living in halls," she said, adding "loads of people" were doing the same thing.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In the U.S., it typically takes about seven years to build a new bio-manufacturing facility, compared to two in China and three in Ireland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Johnson’s Trump then compared his devoted aide to a character from another horror movie.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
“I bet it’s really boring here compared to there.”
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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When his phone screen cracked, he spent a week on Amazon comparing six or seven replacements and adding them to his basket.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
With a vibrant social scene and plenty of recreation, it provides a realistic baseline for comparing the financial advantages of living and working abroad.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Indeed, comparing the daily changes in the S&P 500 and the 10-year Treasury shows the correlation is now the most negative over a 200-day period since 1997.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Amaris Hayes, a 31-year-old Florida-based creator, posted a video comparing Ossoff to Fitzgerald Grant, the fictional president played by Tony Goldwyn in the Shonda Rhimes-created political drama “Scandal.”
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 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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