How to Use comparison in a Sentence
comparison
noun- I don't think comparisons of her situation and mine are appropriate.
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By comparison, most of her peers often correct their data to reflect shy Trump voters.
— Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024 -
By comparison, less than 52.1 million shares were traded in an average trading day over the past month.
— Jesse Pound,samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024 -
By comparison, his first two movies cost $10 million and $9 million, respectively.
— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Apr. 2023 -
The Voyager Skeleton is by comparison, monochromatic and less theatrical—there are no automatons or chimes.
— Carol Besler, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2023 -
By comparison, the second largest racial group targeted in the single incident category was white victims, who made up 10%.
— CBS News, 15 Apr. 2023 -
Both appearances drew comparisons to Richard Nixon in a suit and wingtips on the beach.
— Rebecca Davis O’Brien, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023 -
There have been unfair comparisons with those movies to past movies that opened the summer.
— Brent Lang, Variety, 14 June 2024 -
The comparisons between the gritty Puka Nacua and the out-of-nowhere Cooper Kupp are inevitable and valid.
— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023 -
By comparison, the state has recorded 120 flu deaths since late last year.
— Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024 -
In terms of looks, the Skylight is a bit unassuming in comparison to the Aura frames.
— Valerie Walsh, wsj.com, 20 Nov. 2023 -
By comparison, the same buyer who needed to save 3% of the purchase price would require two and half years, or 31 months, to save that amount.
— Anna Bahney, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023 -
In comparison to the 102-degree heat outside, the air inside the restaurant felt cold.
— Daniel Gonzalez, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024 -
In comparison, the same amount of cannabis once heated contains 10 mg THC.
— Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024 -
In comparison, the A.I. large language model took a whole two months to accomplish the same feat.
— Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 July 2023 -
By comparison, one quantum dot is to a soccer ball as a soccer ball is to the planet Earth.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023 -
That pales in comparison to the U.S., where startups raised $120 billion.
— Ryan Browne, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024 -
The Eras Tour film hype had drawn comparisons to other major pop culture events at the theaters this year such as the Barbie film.
— Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2023 -
Sure, Taylor Swift is not William Shakespeare — but isn’t the comparison making more and more sense?
— Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023 -
Still, in comparison to other soccer teams, the England team has been given the short hand.
— Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 12 July 2024 -
Overall, the Eye should be able to power through the next few months well enough, even if year-to-year Nielsen comparisons probably won’t be pretty.
— Vulture, 21 Sep. 2023 -
The comparison is pungent but inapt: Archival work is not death work.
— Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024 -
In comparison, none of Will Levis’ 32 attempts were touched at the line of scrimmage, according to the gamebook.
— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024 -
By comparison, about half of baby boomers live paycheck to paycheck, compared to 64% of Gen Xers and 66% of Gen Z.
— Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2023 -
This is Alabama and the comparisons to Wallace are always close by.
— Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 5 July 2023 -
The stakes at hand for the Warriors’ season pale in comparison to the unimaginable loss of life most of this team witnessed firsthand.
— Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Other clips in the collage showed her on Dancing with the Stars and on her wedding day — big moments that paled in comparison to what came next.
— Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024 -
This is one of the smaller devices, in comparison to the other options on this list, making the Flexstride a good choice for those with less wiggle room.
— Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023 -
The story goes on to explain, citing a source, that Sony believes Sajak’s salary was too high and shouldn’t be used for a comparison.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 July 2023 -
Musk, meanwhile, was still drawing Tony Stark-as-Iron Man comparisons.
— Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 7 July 2023
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