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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compare.

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Examples

  • Here's a poem which I wrote a year or so ago: the title compares Jonah to Phlebas the

    Reading the Maps 2010

  • The title compares those advocating the protection of the Amazon's resources to a barnyard dog growling over food that it does not eat but will not let others have.

    Top Headlines from World Press Review 2009

  • Ron Brownstein compares his pre-midterm election interviews with President Bill Clinton in 1994 and President Barack Obama last week.

    Obama and Clinton Ezra Klein 2010

  • Reliable Source quotes the passage where Ovechkin compares American and Russian women, and RMNB quotes the passage where Ovechkin offers advice on picking up women, whom he refers to with a Russian term that "falls somewhere between 'chicks' and 'b-- ches," according to GQ.

    Ovechkin in Moscow with GQ Dan Steinberg 2010

  • The only other thing that compares is when they have "loved ones" visit and they are get all teary and emo.

    Archive 2008-12-01 KaneCitizen 2008

  • The only other thing that compares is when they have "loved ones" visit and they are get all teary and emo.

    Paying respect to those who went before KaneCitizen 2008

  • Nevin compares what followed to the Far Side cartoon in which a dog faces a jury of cats.

    Prophetic Justice 2006

  • Nevin compares what followed to the Far Side cartoon in which a dog faces a jury of cats.

    Prophetic Justice 2006

  • John McCain compares the 2004 GOP Convention to 1992.

    09/03/2004 2004

  • In his mind, Martin compares her to the women he has met so far: women from his circle and women who lived in the dens, hunting for the sailors.

    “SUCCESS” 2003

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