How to Use comparable in a Sentence
comparable
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The cheapest seats on that site were for comparable prices and views of the stage.
— Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024 -
Pag Taking a trip to Pag is comparable to taking a trip to the moon.
— Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023 -
This means that every 24 hours, the stone grows in length comparable to the thickness of two sheets of paper.
— Ana De Oliva, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024 -
The suit argues that there is no a valid reason to charge more for nondairy milks since their cost is comparable.
— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024 -
So far, though, there’s no comparable ire for the slew of Johnny Cash covers.
— WIRED, 6 Nov. 2023 -
Rental rates will be comparable to the newest properties in the area, Good said.
— Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023 -
In many cases, the landlords left the portion about comparable units blank, though the buildings had more than four units.
— Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024 -
But these teams have not been of comparable quality, no matter what the head-to-head record says.
— Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024 -
In the lone game with a comparable matchup to this one, Rodgers still had only 195 yards and no touchdowns against the Minnesota Vikings.
— Brandon Gdula, ajc, 19 Oct. 2022 -
In this bathroom, soft pinks are comparable to the shades of the sweets in any display case, while the eye-grabbing round mirrors mimic the form of the macaron.
— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023 -
The comparable numbers for white men is 26% and white women is 25%.
— Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022 -
But the seriousness of the craft, the sacrifices to win, the pressure and the lifestyle, are comparable.
— C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023 -
The first has a broad field of comparable candidates, so the challenge here is to identify the top 5% of these and hire the best of the bunch as soon as possible.
— Arseniy Olkhovskiy, Forbes, 5 May 2023 -
As many fortunes are lost at the casino each day, a comparable number are lost at Cabazon.
— Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023 -
The cost per life saved is comparable to other new vaccines.
— Marian W. Wentworth, STAT, 11 Oct. 2022 -
Some of the foot bones found in Mississippi look comparable in size to one of the strangest dinosaurs ever found.
— Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022 -
The amount of acreage receiving bids was comparable to 2021.
— Kevin McGill and Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023 -
The situation would be comparable to that of Penn State in 2016.
— Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022 -
The team figured out that a cloud comparable in size to G2/DSO would evaporate in about seven years.
— Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 4 July 2024 -
World Cup would be comparable, or at least closer to, the men’s tournament by now.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2022 -
Opening the bottle revealed an aroma comparable to stale, old cheese left in a hot car for a day.
— Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023 -
In some ways, European countries are comparable to large states in the U.S.
— Byscott Tinker, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022 -
The cookies are comparable to shortbread, softer on the inside and crisp on the outside like a cookie cake.
— The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2022 -
Raw sea moss has a briny, oceanic flavor that is comparable to clams and oysters.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022 -
Best Buy now expects comparable, same-store sales to pull back by 2.5% to 3.5%, worse than a prior forecast.
— Brian Evans, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024 -
The results were comparable to those seen with Leqembi.
— Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 2 July 2024 -
That’s what Aiyuk is going to want, or at least something comparable.
— Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024 -
In the first quarter of this year, net sales decreased 5.3 percent and comparable sales fell 4.4 percent.
— David Moin, WWD, 17 July 2024 -
With the proper ratio of coffee to water as recommended by the SCA, the taste was comparable to a pour-over.
— Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023 -
But the free-agent class is deep in outfielders who might offer comparable production to Laureano at a lower price.
— Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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