How to Use comp in a Sentence

comp

1 of 2 noun
  • The proof is in the comp sales growth.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But don’t use that horror pic as a comp.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The statute doesn’t mention comp time.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
  • Should Chicago have those comp picks?
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Does this mean those pop-goes-punk comp albums are coming back?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
  • And Hollis won her first comp since Week 1.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The Bills are not a perfect comp, granted.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The problem was light full-year guidance for both comp sales and profits.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Same-store sales, or comps in retail speak, declined for six straight quarters.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Giants have had 31 comp picks during that same span.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Employees will not be able to use sick leave, vacation time or comp time.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • The firm also raised its comp sales forecast as well as earnings guidance for the full year.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 22 May 2026
  • This drama is no longer about comp picks and guarantees, but wins and losses.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • If those modern metrics make your eyes glaze over, perhaps the comps will resonate.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • This process continues until the team’s net loss has been offset by comp picks.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Those employees will need to use those one or two comp time hours within 12 months.
    — Jon Lender, courant.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Feel free to use it, but know that our new insurance plan doesn’t include workers’ comp.
    — Harris Mayersohn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Sandwiched in between those two selections were six comp picks.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • There are no modern comps for the VHS tapes your parents would buy.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
  • That gives the stock room to work if margins improve and comp sales inflect even modestly.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
  • That gives the stock room to work if margins improve and comp sales inflect even modestly.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • See if your friendly neighborhood casino host can offer that kind of comp.
    — Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Projections and comp values rank him as roughly the fourth-best first baseman.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Who’s Tynan Lawrence’s player comp?
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The Lions received a third-round comp pick in 2025.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Height’s other comp is a clay, humanoid character.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • A couple of friends who know this continually ask me to request comps for shows for them.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The league uses a formula to determine which teams receive comp picks and which teams do not.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Please note, 20 comp codes will be distributed to raffle winners.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2021
  • That's just the second positive comps figure in eleven quarters.
    — Pia Singh,yun Li, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025

comp

2 of 2 verb
  • Despite those doubts, the restaurant still chose to comp the couple’s meal.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • In many cases back then, the hotels would comp you on everything.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2021
  • There’s passable chocolate mousse or fridge-cold crème brûlée, which, more often than not, is comped, as if in apology.
    — Becky Cooper, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
  • Damien Harris is a decent comparison to go with the tons of Tank Bigsby comps out there.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Same-store sales — sometimes also called comparable store sales, or comps — is a critical metric in the restaurant industry.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 29 July 2025
  • But today the upstairs café at Tiffany’s is more than happy to comp Ferguson’s meal—and serve it on an authentic silver platter.
    — Douglas Corzine, Vanity Fair, 25 Mar. 2026
  • For the January showcase, tickets sold out in 15 minutes, and actors struggled to comp their friends and family.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • After years of protesting player comps or begrudgingly including them in my final column before the draft, the pressure to do them reached a critical mass.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • International and China comps beat the Street estimates, too.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In the meantime, Steppenwolf will retain its policy related to comping critics for our productions.
    — Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader, 23 June 2017
  • Sharp ultimately had to comp just the one meal Monday before realizing that one Toast terminal at the restaurant could store the transactions.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Essentially, the thinking is to comp Ballerina to female solo action movies instead of John Wick movies.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025
  • By category, fresh food comps increased mid- to high single digits on a percentage basis in the quarter, while Non-food delivered a mid-single-digit increase.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The payoff would be stabilizing comps through 2026 and restoring Target’s premium-mass halo as a place to browse, be advised, and buy across channels.
    — Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Lee said that since Hollywood Thai began working with influencers, the owners typically have not paid for posts but instead comp four or five dishes of the influencer’s choosing.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • But in the first quarter of this year, comps continued to fall in the Americas, with a 2 percent decline, while mainland China slowed to 7 percent and the rest of the world comped up by just 6 percent.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 July 2025
  • And, Jordan’s Furniture, which was going to comp items purchased within a month-long window if both the UConn men and women reached their national championship games, may yet be on the hook for millions.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
  • For the first quarter, American Eagle’s business was challenging and American Eagle comps were down 2 percent, as reported.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 23 July 2025
  • For example, rent trends, fee and concession trends, neighborhood dynamics, competitor pricing and economic indicators represent several components that comps platforms should analyze.
    — Matias Recchia, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

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