How to Use by/in comparison in a Sentence

by/in comparison

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  • Maybe the chunks of white are too big, or the yolk pieces are too smooshed in comparison.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2024
  • Kelce did have a down year, at least in comparison to his best seasons.
    — Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The future of big tech, by comparison, is a sideshow—but a fraught one.
    — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The bottom four teams, by comparison, will need to win four games in four days.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
  • So many novels are promoted by comparison yet very few can live up to the hype.
    — Morgan Talty, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
  • Most of the other things that would be at all similar are going to pale by comparison.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • The latest storm passing through the region this week pales in comparison.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Learn to do it well and other strength and athletic movements will feel easy by comparison.
    — Men's Health, 7 July 2023
  • But that pales in comparison to some of the rhetoric happening in politics right now.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2025
  • But that's nothing in comparison to the flurry of activity this port once was.
    — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The tax bill, however, probably would pale in comparison to the amount of debt discharged.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • At the time, day one was expected to be the best chance for viewing the auroras in comparison to the days that followed.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Tuesday night was a clunker by comparison, a 6-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But these books paled in comparison with the large seal laid out on the wooden slab before him that morning in 1867.
    — Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Some is thought to have escaped out into space, as the amount of water now frozen on Mars’ surface pales in comparison to what was once there.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
  • In terms of looks, the Skylight is a bit unassuming in comparison to the Aura frames.
    — Valerie Walsh, wsj.com, 20 Nov. 2023
  • One of the sadder ironies of the third chapter is how sharp and crystalline the images look, and how worn down the characters appear by comparison.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
  • The devices of moviemaking are so much better equipped to awaken nightmares that theater’s efforts to make the skin crawl seem hokey by comparison.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • The threats and comments online are nothing in comparison to the real-life violence Judd has faced.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Still, Clark's base pay pales in comparison to her counterparts in the NBA.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • All of that, however, paled in comparison to the impressiveness of Ohtani’s outing on the mound.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • The memorial, which sits at a high point of downtown Montgomery, towers over the rest of the city, making the state capitol look like a toy in comparison.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • There are celebrities, and then there is Swift, a modern day King Midas who makes other high-wattage stars look small by comparison.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
  • All of that pales in comparison to the rest that leading scorer Tyson Degenhart got Tuesday night.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The problem was that Biden had such a terrible debate that Trump looked like Cicero by comparison.
    — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • The design of the EV is clearly different and more Camaro-like by comparison.
    — New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025
  • New York will still have to account for a dead cap charge, albeit the negative charge pales in comparison to what the team would save in 2025.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • There have been other tributes to Quincy Jones at award shows this year (notably the Grammys), and this one feels small in comparison.
    — Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • In many lights, the guilt pales in comparison to what Rodriguez and Dario endured with Alessia in the two months after Vida arrived.
    — Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • While the Caribbean is no secret, how many people, in comparison, head to Roatán Island off the coast of Honduras?
    — Jake Emen, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024

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