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By comparison, less than 52.1 million shares were traded in an average trading day over the past month.
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Jesse Pound,samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
By comparison, this year's proposal costs $3.1 billion, excludes light rail altogether and is paired with a higher-turnout presidential election.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
By comparison, Biden earned the vote of about 90% of Black voters in 2020, and Obama won about 95% of those ballots in his two campaigns.
—Philip Eliott / Detroit, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, pregnant people are 10 times more likely to develop listeriosis in comparison to the general population.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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Jesse Pound,samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
By comparison, this year's proposal costs $3.1 billion, excludes light rail altogether and is paired with a higher-turnout presidential election.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
By comparison, Biden earned the vote of about 90% of Black voters in 2020, and Obama won about 95% of those ballots in his two campaigns.
—Philip Eliott / Detroit, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, pregnant people are 10 times more likely to develop listeriosis in comparison to the general population.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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So there's no doubt that there is sort of an arms race or a Cold War, like, pick your analogy.Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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But the analogy to the entertainment industry breaks apart on the matter of what the fans are paying for.Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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The comfortable portion of the equation is critical for the Vanquish.Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Proposition 486 asks voters to implement a new permanent spending equation.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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There is no moral equivalence between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Connor said a mandate of the design team is to make sure both the app and the website have functional equivalency in terms of the user experience, which obviously extends to accessibility.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Crosser voted for an expansion of adult education to help adults enroll in career training and prepare them for high school equivalency tests.John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2024
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Some of these differences have been revealed through research that features gender parity.Stacey Colino, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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Eight reported gender parity this fall, including the business schools at Duke and Northwestern.Emily Peck, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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Former presidents of the American Bar Association and other state and local bar associations published an open letter condemning election lawsuits brought forth in swing states across the country.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Well, that this gradual reduction in time spent near the boats means sharks most likely do not form long-term associations with these vessels.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The new plan has over 40 projects across the county for roadway construction, safety improvements and wildlife linkages, with almost half of the projects located in Tucson.Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
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Second, the drooping power lines increase the risk that the wires get tangled up in the pantographs, the linkages atop of the trains that slide along the catenary and draw power from it.Nolan Hicks, Curbed, 9 July 2024
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“Comparison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comparison. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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