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In its analysis of a data set of 5,000 private-letter deals rated by Egan-Jones, the Journal also assessed how the firm’s ratings compare with those of peers, drawing on limited publicly available data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Wyle: Oh, I thought you were going to compare it to last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Too many families compare this month’s daycare bill instead of the lifetime earnings they are protecting,” Ulin said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Find and compare your council using the interactive table below.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“You probably don’t have many to compare it to. I remember how much your mom hated to take vacations.”
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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That compares with 20 in all of 2025 and 16 the year before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
To the contrary, the entire discussion on YouTube was about Grande’s body, not the video’s visuals or the music, a lovely torch song where she compares herself to a “petal in the pavement.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
This compares to 704 the previous year and was the fewest since at least 2021.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
It has gained about 10%, which compares with an advance of about 12% for the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
It compares technology to the immune system, which is, of course, crucial for survival.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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The pickup comes as a higher proportion of people searching for work have been landing jobs compared with last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Average hourly earnings rose by 3.2% in the year to July, compared with the 3.5% economists expected, with average hourly earnings for all employees on private non-farm payrolls at $37.62.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
CEO Jeff Tangney pointed out on Doximity’s earnings call that the company’s “winning model” had a 4.8% error rate, compared with Anthropic’s Fable 5, which finished with a 13.6% error rate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The experts looked at several studies, including one which showed that three out of four non-human primates vaccinated with Ervebo survived Bundibugyo, compared with one out of four control animals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
It was illegal, but night after night, Helmuth listened to the British war reports and compared them with the German news.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Retirement plans are not created equally, which means comparing your account balance to someone else’s will give you no real winner or loser.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
He asked them where they procured the redwood to renovate their shingle roof and the trio spent the rest of the morning excitedly discussing restoration techniques and comparing notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
By studying numerous specimens and carefully comparing small anatomical differences, the researchers reassessed how these groups are related.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Svallin says the distortion from comparing global earnings with the domestic economy runs both ways, so he made some nifty adjustments that include scaling companies by their share of U.S. revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
I’ve been comparing myself to Quinton for too long.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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