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compare

[kuhm-pair] / kəmˈpɛər /




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The average hold period—the time between buying and selling—is nearly seven years, down from the 2023 high but still elevated compared with before the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal

The number of executions in Iran in 2025 has more than doubled compared to the amount which took place across the country in 2024.

From BBC

Between January and October this year, there was a 26% rise in remittances to Honduras compared with the same period the previous year.

From BBC

But as a feeling, it’s far more akin to gospel, like a baroque passage of biblical scripture comparing the earthly limitations of the body and the endless possibilities of the mind.

From Salon

Ben Saunders and Frederick Fennessy, who have traveled roughly 7,500 miles on skis in the Arctic between them, compare designing High North technology to building a miniature space program.

From The Wall Street Journal