compare
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She started inviting them to compare their offers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
They can calculate a scenario in which you take Roth conversions and fill a federal tax bracket, and compare that with a scenario in which you don’t take Roth conversions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
We often compare Gen Z’s present to older generations’ memories instead of their reality.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
"You can't compare, especially in Glasgow - it's all about football," said Rohl, who speaks with affection for Rangers and Wednesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
I pull out two shirts and compare them.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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I asked him how running an F1 team compares to running a company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
As well as being the homeowner, Baeli is an architect - and she compares her house to a well-insulated flask.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Artificial Analysis, one of several groups that compares and ranks AI models, said Grok 4.6 scored five points higher on its “Intelligence Index” than Grok 4.5.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Although the data don’t show how household income compares to the cost of living, SmartAsset spokesperson Toby Nelson said the numbers can show how people’s income is holding up against rising costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The story behind the book was that she saw a movie that talked about one poem that compares this woman’s hands to flowers and rain.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
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Ever since the ceasefire collapsed on July 8, two-thirds of transits have become "dark", or unknown, compared with less than one percent before the war, according to Kpler.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Spending on weddings rose 8.5% the first half of this year compared with last year, reports The Wall Street Journal’s Chavie Lieber, who cited a recent Bank of America Institute study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Santa Monica in 2025 saw an overall decline of more than 12% in violent crime and burglaries, compared to 2024, according to the department’s annual report, released in March.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
In the fantasy series, Syrax is known for her striking yellow coloration, relatively small size compared with other dragons, and unusually high egg production.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Whatever other monstruos the Witchlings had fought, however scary they had seemed, was absolutely nothing compared with this.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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These strange laws of existence provide the framework for Ullom’s excellent social observations, zeroing in on each character’s relationship to this new world and comparing it to the old one.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
"By comparing ecological ways of life for extinct and modern species, we can understand how patterns of adaptive evolution have changed through time and what factors shaped the modern biosphere."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
The song came from a conversation he had with his three teenage sons, "because I worry about them comparing themselves to my success".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
That is based on the CPI reaching an index level of 333.918, and comparing it with the index level 12 months earlier of 323.048.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
By comparing how fast galaxies were receding at different eras in the past, the astronomers were able to track how fast space-time was expanding.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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