as in similar
having qualities in common
two comparable selections that are hard to choose between
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Recent Examples of comparable
Only the Jacksonville Jaguars, who earned a D+, had a comparable grade.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2026
The unlikelihood that any comparable Republican opposition would develop to a Dhillon promotion today underscores the GOP’s civil rights transformation.
—Ronald Brownstein, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
Vouchers can be exchanged for a ticket comparable in price and location to select regular season home games, including Sunday’s doubleheader.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Each of its three rear cameras uses a sensor comparable in size and specs to the main cameras found on the latest flagships from Apple, Samsung, and Google.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2026
The unlikelihood that any comparable Republican opposition would develop to a Dhillon promotion today underscores the GOP’s civil rights transformation.
—Ronald Brownstein, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
Vouchers can be exchanged for a ticket comparable in price and location to select regular season home games, including Sunday’s doubleheader.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Each of its three rear cameras uses a sensor comparable in size and specs to the main cameras found on the latest flagships from Apple, Samsung, and Google.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparable
Adjective
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Kirsten Kelly-Vargas and her husband, Gary, felt a similar urgency to acquire the proper attire for the occasion.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Paller tried a similar experiment in 2009, this time using sound.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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What’s going on there is analogous to what the oil business did in Houston and Dallas.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, in star-forming regions such as the Trifid, the radiation sculpts the nebulosity in a way that is somewhat analogous to how wind sculpts rocks in the desert.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Accommodations On Mustique, no two villas are alike.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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The rooms In the Agassiz mansion, no two rooms are alike.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Its most frequent use comes in local, nonpartisan races for offices such as school board or city council.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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No such mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Daniel Kinahan, the forty-eight-year-old Irishman who was arrested in Dubai on April 17th.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Comparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparable. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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