as in gift
something given to someone without expectation of a return
this hotel offers its guests more comps, including a free bottle of champagne, than most in its class
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Recent Examples of comp
Chris Branch, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Looking at live-action Disney remake comps, Little Mermaid did $65M in like-for-like markets at today’s rates, Cinderella was $71M and Mufasa: The Lion King started off with $92M. The latter came out during the end-of-year holidays in 2024 and saw extended playability.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 May 2025
Paul Owens, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Ad revenue was down 21% but flat ex-Super Bowl comps.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 May 2025
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Noun
This was fun: NBA Draft prospects making their own player comps, instead of scouts doing it for them.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Looking at live-action Disney remake comps, Little Mermaid did $65M in like-for-like markets at today’s rates, Cinderella was $71M and Mufasa: The Lion King started off with $92M. The latter came out during the end-of-year holidays in 2024 and saw extended playability.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 May 2025
Verb
In 2023, the Legislature passed SB 250, a law with a similar though narrower three-year ban on more restrictive or burdensome changes to comp plans and LDRs for 11 counties that had been in the path of Hurricane Ian.
—Paul Owens, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Ad revenue was down 21% but flat ex-Super Bowl comps.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comp
Noun
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Even occasional summer watering will kill it or shorten its life, which is only about four or five years anyway, but wow, what a gift to hummingbirds and other pollinators, not to mention anyone who loves a dramatic, fragrant garden.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Neither Hezbollah nor the state had come to survey the extensive damage, although Hezbollah had given Abdullah and others who had lost their homes between twelve thousand to fourteen thousand dollars apiece, part of what the group’s leader called a gift from Iran.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Verb
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She was awarded an Emmy for Scripps News doc In Real Life: Plastic Time Bomb in 2023.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Three points will be awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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At present, there is no available information on the containment or cause of the fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
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At present, France Télévisions only makes three international co-productions a year, through European commissioning club The Alliance.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
Verb
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Which is good news for a team that can’t afford to be without one of its most potent hitters.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Nearly one in three Floridians struggles to afford basic expenses, yet a starting teacher’s salary fails to meet even the minimum $57,064 annual income required for an individual to cover personal costs.—
Lakeisha Wells Palmer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Behind every donation that philanthropists Sandra and Malcolm Berman have made over the years, there is a story.—
Jean Marbella,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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The Friends of the Glencoe Golf Club, a private not-for-profit organization, has raised just over $2 million, highlighted by two large donations by two local families, according to their spokeswoman Kim Swinton.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
Verb
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In fact, without the ocean as a natural buffer, climate change would have already rendered our planet uninhabitable.—
Jenna DiPaolo,
Sun Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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From Feed Hygiene to Discovery Advantage Unlike traditional search ads that appear alongside blue links, AI search ads will be rendered inside conversational answers themselves.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Noun
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During the presentation, SPA shared character animations for Will, whose slight frame and limited height sets him far apart from his roarball colleagues.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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One person might use their toolkit for presentations.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Verb
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Stankey believed substantially more content would increase viewer engagement, and that would provide more data, in turn enabling monetization through advertising and subscriptions.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Both Norton and Bitdefender provide a spot to record all details about the contents of your wallet.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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“Comp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comp. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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