How to Use comp in a Sentence

comp

1 of 2 noun

• Has Spiller style of twitchyness (not such a great comp now 😔).
  — Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2022
• The Rangers last non-SEC first-rounder, though, might be as good a comp for him as anyone.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 July 2023
• Hough won the dancing comp six times over the years before becoming one of the judges in 2020.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2023
• Finally, Skubal, the left-handed member of the Big Three and the toughest to pick a comp for.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2020
• Cameron Hardin kept his button pressed the longest, winning the comp and this week's Head of Household.
  — David Wysong, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2023
• At press time Mill had not announced a track listing or release date for the DC comp.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
• The only problem with those comps: Young hasn’t been a great shooter since joining the NBA.
  — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2023
• Tesla needs a comp plan part 2.0 to keep its superstar driver in the fastest of fast lanes.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022
• What’s his future: Use the Profar comp as an entry point.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
• The home, constructed in 1971, was entered in the MLS for comp purposes.
  — Sara B. Hansen, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2024
• Those employees will need to use those one or two comp time hours within 12 months.
  — Jon Lender, courant.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• That includes close to $20 million alone in overtime, retirement and comp time pay, the memo said.
  — oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2020
• Edison was plugged into the Fuel’s lineup to play Cassidy in a poke comp.
  — Dallas News, 3 May 2022
• Campbell: Spinning my Ryan Leaf comp out of context, huh?
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2017
• If those modern metrics make your eyes glaze over, perhaps the comps will resonate.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
• Feel free to use it, but know that our new insurance plan doesn’t include workers’ comp.
  — Harris Mayersohn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
• Now that Goei’s mansion has sold, there’s finally a comp in the neighborhood.
  — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 2 Feb. 2024
• Segment wise, Old Navy, which makes up more than half of the company’s revenue, saw comps grow 1%, whereas comps were down 1% at Gap.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• How does Anthony Richardson stack up against his comps?
  — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Apr. 2023
• A couple of friends who know this continually ask me to request comps for shows for them.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• One is that schools admit students who can’t write and then pack them into comp courses taught by adjuncts.
  — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017
• People with arthritis can have about five times as much COMP in their synovial fluid as do people with healthy knees.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2017
• The company is facing its toughest comp in the current, March 2022, quarter.
  — Chuck Jones, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
• Please note, 20 comp codes will be distributed to raffle winners.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2021
• Not Reese and Avery brainstorming comp titles over red wine!
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
• Annalisa, on the other hand, was a real person, a student who always sat in the front row of my freshman comp class 13 years ago.
  — John M. Crisp, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
• In the Jury house, Blue talked about as a juror having to judge Jag's comp dominance vs. Matt's elite social game and never touching the block.
  — EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
• See if your friendly neighborhood casino host can offer that kind of comp.
  — Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
• The retailer needed discounts to achieve its 0.7 comp gain even as traffic grew 2.1 percent.
  — George Anderson, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• Maybe your personal expenses have been rising while your comp is flat.
  — Randy Illig, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

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comp

2 of 2 verb

• In many cases back then, the hotels would comp you on everything.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
• There’s passable chocolate mousse or fridge-cold crème brûlée, which, more often than not, is comped, as if in apology.
  — Becky Cooper, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
• The club probably comped everything in exchange for having him show up.
  — Dan Gartland, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2017
• President Donald Trump's second eldest son told the magazine that use of the golf course was free, and much of the merchandise, drinks and entertainment was comped.
  — Betsy Klein, CNN, 7 June 2017
• In the meantime, Steppenwolf will retain its policy related to comping critics for our productions.
  — Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader, 23 June 2017
• Wharton’s publisher, Charles Scribner, assented enthusiastically to the idea, pledging to comp all advertising and commission fees.
  — Anne Trubek, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
• In many cases back then, the hotels would comp you on everything.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
• There’s passable chocolate mousse or fridge-cold crème brûlée, which, more often than not, is comped, as if in apology.
  — Becky Cooper, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
• The club probably comped everything in exchange for having him show up.
  — Dan Gartland, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2017
• President Donald Trump's second eldest son told the magazine that use of the golf course was free, and much of the merchandise, drinks and entertainment was comped.
  — Betsy Klein, CNN, 7 June 2017
• In the meantime, Steppenwolf will retain its policy related to comping critics for our productions.
  — Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader, 23 June 2017
• Wharton’s publisher, Charles Scribner, assented enthusiastically to the idea, pledging to comp all advertising and commission fees.
  — Anne Trubek, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
• In many cases back then, the hotels would comp you on everything.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
• There’s passable chocolate mousse or fridge-cold crème brûlée, which, more often than not, is comped, as if in apology.
  — Becky Cooper, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
• The club probably comped everything in exchange for having him show up.
  — Dan Gartland, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2017
• President Donald Trump's second eldest son told the magazine that use of the golf course was free, and much of the merchandise, drinks and entertainment was comped.
  — Betsy Klein, CNN, 7 June 2017
• In the meantime, Steppenwolf will retain its policy related to comping critics for our productions.
  — Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader, 23 June 2017
• Wharton’s publisher, Charles Scribner, assented enthusiastically to the idea, pledging to comp all advertising and commission fees.
  — Anne Trubek, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
• In many cases back then, the hotels would comp you on everything.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
• There’s passable chocolate mousse or fridge-cold crème brûlée, which, more often than not, is comped, as if in apology.
  — Becky Cooper, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
• The club probably comped everything in exchange for having him show up.
  — Dan Gartland, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2017
• President Donald Trump's second eldest son told the magazine that use of the golf course was free, and much of the merchandise, drinks and entertainment was comped.
  — Betsy Klein, CNN, 7 June 2017
• In the meantime, Steppenwolf will retain its policy related to comping critics for our productions.
  — Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader, 23 June 2017
• Wharton’s publisher, Charles Scribner, assented enthusiastically to the idea, pledging to comp all advertising and commission fees.
  — Anne Trubek, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017

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