How to Use comparable in a Sentence

comparable

adjective
Definition of comparablenext
Synonyms for comparablenext
  • Lap times are said to be comparable to the 992 GT3 Cup car.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 May 2022
  • The cheapest seats on that site were for comparable prices and views of the stage.
    — Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024
  • With night mode on, the Fold, S22+, and Flip were comparable.
    — PCMAG, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Pag Taking a trip to Pag is comparable to taking a trip to the moon.
    — Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The company now expects total and comparable sales to come in at the low end of the range for the year.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • These chews are meant to be consumed by dogs and cats, and the effects are comparable in both.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 May 2022
  • 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
  • At their worst, these changes were comparable to a decade of aging.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Murabahah is comparable to a rent-to-own system in the non-Muslim world.
    — Aaron Dabbaghzadeh, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • 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 two tragedies that have occurred on his watch—Utøya and Ukraine—are not directly comparable.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 30 May 2022
  • 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
  • Relative to comparable models, bulb lamps are by far the cheapest of the three.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Smith said the crowds on campus were comparable to a weekend football game – just sustained for a 10-day stretch.
    — oregonlive, 24 July 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
  • Defenceman Larry Murphy is a nice comparable to Bouchard in this way.
    — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Trump and comparable tribunes of national greatness are now setting the global agenda.
    — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025

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