compare
verb (used with object)
to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences.
had compared
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past perfectof compare.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In the large trial Moderna had compared its new vaccine with Fluarix, an approved flu shot from the company GSK.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Recent research by David Markowitz at the University of Oregon successfully replicated earlier findings that had compared the rates of lying using different technologies.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 31, 2023
He also quoted Child J's mother, who had compared conditions at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Alder Hey.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
May had compared Tennessee’s defensive physicality to rugby in the run-up to the game.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Monod and Jacob had compared notes and found, to their astonishment, that both were working on two aspects of the same general problem, and they had combined some parts of their work in the 1950s.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
