comparative

Ms. Fox, a scholar of comparative literature, pauses to evoke what was about to be lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Using phylogenetic comparative methods, the researchers estimated how frequently eusociality evolved among insects with different genetic systems.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

A comparative literature professor at Stanford University, his forthcoming book, “What Tech Calls Governing,” examines the increasingly authoritarian politics of Silicon Valley.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Instead, the Kochs write, the company established five categories—vision, virtue and talents, knowledge, comparative advantage, and motivation—to help “employees better understand how the principles fit together and how to apply them in their work.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

It was a grammar school skill I acquired with comparative ease.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

CIBC’s Kevin Chiang notes the 2025-26 year saw grain production reach 85 million metric tons, which created concern that it would create difficult comparatives for this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Growth eased in the second quarter as inflationary pressure, slowing economic growth and geopolitical tensions began to affect customer sentiment, compounded by strong comparatives," said Chairman Johann Rupert in a statement.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023

This construction is intended to have two comparatives, e.g.,

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2014

The comparatives of the second stanza form a landscape – old hills, newly swollen streams – but why are these features specifically English?

From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2013

The Incorrigibles had been studying comparatives and superlatives.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood