by/in comparison
idiom
: when compared with another : when looked at or thought about in relation to someone or something else
Yesterday's weather was very cold. Today's weather is mild by comparison.
—often + withHe's a well-behaved child in comparison with his brother.
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This pales, however, in comparison to Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, which each have more than 100 million wireless customers.
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Russell Leung,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Either way, those figures pale in comparison to the more than $2 trillion collected from individual income taxes each year, per the Congressional Budget Office.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
What To Know According to polling of 1,006 Americans conducted between April 1 and 14 by Gallup, several indicators of Americans' economic mood have weakened in April in comparison to when Americans were polled in January.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
According to The State of Global Workplace Culture in 2024 report by the Society for Human Resource Management, 83% of those who rate their workplace culture as good or excellent are motivated to produce high-quality work, in comparison to only 45% of workers in poor or terrible cultures.
—Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Russell Leung,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
Either way, those figures pale in comparison to the more than $2 trillion collected from individual income taxes each year, per the Congressional Budget Office.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
What To Know According to polling of 1,006 Americans conducted between April 1 and 14 by Gallup, several indicators of Americans' economic mood have weakened in April in comparison to when Americans were polled in January.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
According to The State of Global Workplace Culture in 2024 report by the Society for Human Resource Management, 83% of those who rate their workplace culture as good or excellent are motivated to produce high-quality work, in comparison to only 45% of workers in poor or terrible cultures.
—Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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“By/in comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%2Fin%20comparison. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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