How to Use comparable in a Sentence

comparable

adjective

• At their worst, these changes were comparable to a decade of aging.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022
• This is comparable to taxes on tobacco, which scores of studies show to be a powerful tool for reducing smoking.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022
• Foxes are comparable to coyotes but are generally a smaller build.
  — Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
• The increase is attributed to a 3% rise in comparable store sales and a 2% increase from non-comparable store sales.
  — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
• The $34 juicer, comparable to a $60 Hamilton Beach version, made a lot of noise — and a perfectly delicious glass of beet juice.
  — Vicky Nguyen, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
• The cheapest seats on that site were for comparable prices and views of the stage.
  — Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024
• Pag Taking a trip to Pag is comparable to taking a trip to the moon.
  — Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• World Cup would be comparable, or at least closer to, the men’s tournament by now.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2022
• Opening the bottle revealed an aroma comparable to stale, old cheese left in a hot car for a day.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023
• In some ways, European countries are comparable to large states in the U.S.
  — Byscott Tinker, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
• The cookies are comparable to shortbread, softer on the inside and crisp on the outside like a cookie cake.
  — The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2022
• Raw sea moss has a briny, oceanic flavor that is comparable to clams and oysters.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• Best Buy now expects comparable, same-store sales to pull back by 2.5% to 3.5%, worse than a prior forecast.
  — Brian Evans, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024