pale in/by comparison to/with
idiom
: to seem less important, good, serious, etc., when compared with (something else)
The afternoon meal paled in comparison to/with the feast they had later.
Last year's losses pale by comparison with this year's.
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But even ten times that figure would pale in comparison to the roughly $200 billion spent last year by tech giants on aggressively pursuing AI.
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Harry Booth, Time, 3 June 2025
All those numbers pale in comparison to the $54 billion YouTube earned in 2024 revenue.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 May 2025
Though their follower counts and overall reach pale in comparison to celebrity influencers, experts say that the Kremlin needs local voices to effectively promote life under Russia’s rule.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
But these common phenomena pale in comparison to a monstrous event that inundated the planet with particles from the Sun around 14,300 years ago, identified as the strongest solar storm ever recorded in a recent study.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2025
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Harry Booth, Time, 3 June 2025
All those numbers pale in comparison to the $54 billion YouTube earned in 2024 revenue.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 May 2025
Though their follower counts and overall reach pale in comparison to celebrity influencers, experts say that the Kremlin needs local voices to effectively promote life under Russia’s rule.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
But these common phenomena pale in comparison to a monstrous event that inundated the planet with particles from the Sun around 14,300 years ago, identified as the strongest solar storm ever recorded in a recent study.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2025
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“Pale in/by comparison to/with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pale%20in%2Fby%20comparison%20to%2Fwith. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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