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The Fitbit data allowed them to compare participants' movement habits with their sleep patterns over time, offering a more detailed picture of how everyday activity relates to sleep quality and next-day mood.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The only other moment in his life that could compare, he said, was playing high-level sport as a young boy, before his eating disorder took hold.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
How does this compare with the earlier ones?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
However, customers can compare options for phone plans and insurance policies and switch providers with greater ease.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I’m a bit of a photographer myself, you know. Maybe we can compare photos sometime. I mean, when I’m mobile.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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The headline figure “may fall short of the market’s most bullish expectations,” but demand compares favorably with the upgraded SU7 model when adjusted for launch duration, Timothy Zhao and others write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Port compares them to Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts’ bickering Frank and Marie on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” except, he says “they’ve been married way longer and they look way younger.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
That compares with a weighted forward price-to-sales estimate of 1.1 for the S&P Small Cap 600.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
That compares with about six years for U.S. government debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Shin compares his emergence to the slow growth of a fingernail.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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Therefore, the company now “has materially more earnings power” compared to its share-repurchasing plans, while it also has better visibility into customer demand through its new long-term agreements.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Central government borrowings were only around 30% of GDP in recent years, small compared with federal debts in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Researchers found that 39% of GLP-1 users experienced nail detachment, compared with just 9% of people who had never taken the medications.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Like Kane, he looks like a player who is developing a little later, compared to others who are Premier League regulars before the end of their teens.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Capreo” now cost just 98 cents a vial, compared to the $29 a vial that the Brigham pharmacy once quoted Farmer.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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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
I know comparison is the thief of joy, but how do you stop comparing yourself to the people around you?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Spasojevic hopes to be able to gain a clearer answer by comparing DNA samples from local donkeys to DNA collected from populations elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
It was a landmark experiment, comparing forest regeneration across the full range of silvicultural approaches.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
We’re comparing our schedules when Soojin finds us, and the three of us discover that we all only have lunch and Spanish together.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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