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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Musk’s field operations, meanwhile, appear to pale in comparison to the Kamala Harris campaign’s ground operations. —

Makena Kelly, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024 And yet, those accomplishments seem to pale in comparison to the Freemans’ and Jameses’ sense of fatherhood. —

Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024 Even the most brilliant makeup hacks pale in comparison to good old-fashioned beauty sleep, and the best early Black Friday bedding deals are your one-way ticket to REM. —

Annie Blackman, Allure, 22 Oct. 2024 The $40 billion would pale in comparison to the value of ChatGPT parent OpenAI, which has a valuation of $157 billion. —

Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pale in/by comparison to/with

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