compare
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"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
To mark PSG's latest display of attacking excellence, we're looking at how the Parisians compare to those clubs who have enjoyed the most dominant eras in European competition.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“It’s a desecration to compare yourself to Rhett, Bull. There’s no comparison.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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"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
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
Beyaz compares PPARD's opposing roles to "the force" in Star Wars.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
San Diego compares favorably with other large urban school systems, although its competitors would point out that it has fewer students from low-income families than many large urban systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 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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The company’s revenue for the 12 months through Sept. 26 grew 24% compared with the year-earlier period to $284 million, with U.S. sales jumping 48% to $111 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
But, he added, colleges are traditionally structured to boost economic returns for their students as compared with high-school graduates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Netflix stock has dropped about 40% compared to a year ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Shelter prices were up 1.8% compared with a year ago, picking up from August’s 1.5% rise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
For last year’s experiment, he had compared the background radiation around the mobile home with the background radiation in the Phoenix valley.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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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
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
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
The Cockroach party started as a viral online movement in response to the chief justice’s comments comparing unemployed young people to cockroaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
They visited her insistently, comparing notes on shopping and travel, asking her to go to parties with them.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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