Example Sentences
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GE Vernova posted a quarterly profit of $649 million, or $2.47 a share, compared with $492 million, or $1.86 a share, in the same quarter a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He is short compared to Trump, his hair gray.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
He compared trying to find a path between bins and cars as being "like a pinball machine".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
AT&T’s second-quarter earnings from continuing operations came in at 66 cents a share, compared with 62 cents a share a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
It was illegal, but night after night, Helmuth listened to the British war reports and compared them with the German news.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
