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[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

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

In 2023 the Pew Research Center, whose birth-year brackets fill corporate slide decks, announced it would compare generations only with data on people at similar stages of life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Now compare all this with the Appalachian Trail.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

“You keep one eye on the clock—your time is running out before it begins. You’re obsessed with your body and what other people think of your body—how it compares to some eighteen-year-old’s.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"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

Beyaz compares PPARD's opposing roles to "the force" in Star Wars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The letter compares the prospect to "Coronation Street leaving the north-west, or EastEnders leaving the south-east", adding that it risks "ripping out the heart of Ambridge".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The advantage to the cleaning person is harder to determine, since the pay compares so poorly to what an independent cleaner is likely to earn—up to $15 an hour, I’ve heard.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

He now averages 54.36 as Test skipper, compared with 34.53 across 93 innings before taking the reins.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

It had 849 million shares outstanding as of Sept. 30, compared with 1.2 billion at the end of 2023.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Over the past year, the index rose by 6.3%, the largest 12-month increase since 2022, compared with 3.5% in the final year of the Biden administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Paul Jacobson, GM’s chief financial officer, said on a call with investors on Tuesday that the company expects 35,000 fewer full-size pickups to be sold in the quarter compared with the same time in 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

There are at least a dozen ways she is different this summer compared to previous visits.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Clarkson alleged that an employee spoke to her in a condescending manner after revealing that a similar item would cost $15,000, comparing the encounter to the infamous shopping scene in “Pretty Woman.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

By comparing these events, the researchers identified a remarkably consistent pattern.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

"If you want to sell something to a person, you have to try to convince them by doing something," he said when comparing selling pictures to managing Premier League players.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The incident drew comments on Facebook, comparing it to the films “El Mariachi” and “Desperado” in which Banderas plays a character who hides guns inside a guitar case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Divide into groups and read Eli Landers letters from different years comparing changes in attitude for a confederate soldier over time from the beginning of the war to the end of the war.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin


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