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compare

[kuhm-pair] / kəmˈpɛər /




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For the Emory patient group, the researchers were able to compare results obtained from generalized connectivity maps with those based on individual diffusion imaging.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

"People used to compare who had spent more," dance teacher Yuan told AFP at a new retail space in central Shanghai filled with luxury handbags, belts and jewellery items -- all second hand.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

His parents compare notes with others whose adult children are struggling to find work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Swain said this Santa Ana wind event doesn’t compare to those that fanned the flames of the Palisades and Eaton fires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Now compare all this with the Appalachian Trail.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

"But now everyone compares who got a better deal and spent less," the 24-year-old said at the two-storey warehouse-style store in the centre of the Chinese financial hub.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

That compares with a profit of $170.8 million, or $1.76 a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

When it comes to dominance, no one compares to the Real Madrid side who stormed to five successive European Cup triumphs after the competition began in 1955.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

She compares the thought experiment to climate science, in which scientists put forward a range of climate change projections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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

When the scientists considered Neu5Gc intake from all dietary sources combined, participants in the highest intake group had a 37% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with those in the lowest group.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Pauline Trubody, from Porkellis, Cornwall, said she had already spent more on two deliveries of 500 litres this year compared to previous years.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Goods exports to the US jumped 21 percent in August to $8.3 billion compared to the same month a year earlier, when India faced 50 percent tariffs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Microsoft is currently trading at a multiple of 26 times estimated forward earnings, which Thill described as “favorable” compared with a five-year average of 28.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

“What we're doing is nothing compared with what you lived through.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

By comparing the fossil with other prehistoric specimens and living animals, the team determined that Megacauda sungei belonged to the docodonts, an extinct group of early mammal relatives known as mammaliaforms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

That trend can be seen by comparing the cumulative return you’d earn buying the same amount of every stock with the standard index that holds them in proportion to their market value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

You say you want to stop comparing yourself to your friends, but I challenge you to reframe how you view comparison, itself.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The company has described the result as "disappointing", but stressed that comparing individual years was complicated by rainfall levels.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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