as in similar
having qualities in common
two comparable selections that are hard to choose between
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Recent Examples of comparable
The two elections are not comparable and a drop-off was broadly predictable.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
For an analysis, keep in mind that the divisions that contain Hollywood companies’ streaming businesses are not directly comparable.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
First, Europe is increasingly recognizing the need to develop homegrown capabilities in critical areas like space exploration and key technologies, especially given its lack of a bold program comparable to the U.S. or China.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Sam’s Club’s comparable sales rose 5.9% year over year in the most recent fiscal year, excluding fuel.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
For an analysis, keep in mind that the divisions that contain Hollywood companies’ streaming businesses are not directly comparable.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
First, Europe is increasingly recognizing the need to develop homegrown capabilities in critical areas like space exploration and key technologies, especially given its lack of a bold program comparable to the U.S. or China.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Sam’s Club’s comparable sales rose 5.9% year over year in the most recent fiscal year, excluding fuel.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparable
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Soon, police came for the families of gang members, for people whose tattoos looked similar to those of gang members, for people with any tattoos.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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The apparel industry can adopt similar practices by integrating real-time data analytics and supplier quality management and enhancing supplier collaboration to reduce lead times and minimize stockouts.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Apr. 2025
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This is analogous to our preventative and detective cybersecurity tools.—
James Blake,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Efforts to deny the indigenous peoples of the Andes access to coca, as Smithsonian anthropologist Catherine Allen has written, are not analogous to outlawing, for example, beer in Germany, coffee in the Middle East, or betel chewing in India.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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Why Open Networks Make Sense Supply chains are deeply complex, and no two systems are alike.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Adaptability Is Key No two performances are alike because no two audiences are alike.—
Dr. Jen Donnell,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The interviewer then asked Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, if such statements undermine the Fed’s role as an apolitical institution.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has repeatedly refuted the idea that any classified information was shared in the first known chat thread; however, several former U.S. officials have contended that the sharing of such information over unapproved channels could at a minimum put troops overseas at risk.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Comparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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