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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
That allowed scientists to study naturally occurring cancers from a large number of cats and compare the genetic patterns among different tumor types.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
As consumers compare prices and look for deals, manufacturers may have less room to raise prices without losing sales.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
A JPMorgan spokesperson tells me that “our disclosure on the website needs to be updated” and that the 90% figure doesn’t, in fact, compare all the funds to the Agg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Indeed, when Brunelleschi used a mirror to compare the painting and the building, the reflected image matched the building’s geometry exactly.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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That compares to a $6.2m pre-tax profit in the previous year.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
That compares with its long-term average of about 19.4 since 1990, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 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
Bando stands over the sun compass squinting, scratching his head, and finally grinning as he compares it with his own compass.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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OpenAI’s head of safety systems Saachi Jain told the Journal’s Maxwell Zeff that the model, called GPT-6.1 Astra, regressed on safety tests compared with its predecessor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Gershkovich compared his experience to the case of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died while in Russian captivity in 2024, aged 27.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The stock closed Monday at $320.70 and trades at a forward price/earnings ratio of 17.5, compared with 23.3 for IWM and 19 for the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
M&A volumes are up 33% so far in 2026 compared with 2025, according to Dealogic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“I bet it’s really boring here compared to there.”
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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Pietersen's eyes roll slightly when he is asked about Ben Stokes' recent comments comparing Harry Brook's talents to his.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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
Such arguments depended on analogies: comparing the skin, for example, to porous earthenware.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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