The phrase "a figure comparable to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when making comparisons between two entities, typically in terms of size, importance, or significance.
Example: "In the realm of modern art, her work is a figure comparable to that of Picasso."
Alternatives: "a figure similar to" or "a figure akin to".
The proportion of FER cycles compared with 'fresh' cycles was 24.2%—a figure comparable to the figure of 2006 (24.6%).
The nature of filmmaking and all of American life has changed so completely since midcentury that there will probably never be a figure comparable to Edith Head.
As many as 48 rhinos a year were being killed for their horn, a figure comparable to about 2% of the total population in Assam.
By comparison, nearly 52 percent of all privately managed brick-and-mortar schools reached that goal, a figure comparable to all public schools nationally.
The quintessential mainstream-jazz pianist since the 1980's -- in his own way a figure comparable to McCoy Tyner before him -- Mr. Miller keeps interesting, and ever-changing, groups.
Here in Alabama, where Mr. McCain won 60.4percentt of the vote in his best Southern showing, he had the support of nearly 9 in 10 whites, according to exit polls, a figure comparable to other Southern states.
But he was also an archaeologist - a romantic figure comparable to Hollywood's Indiana Jones - and in 1899, near where the Berlin to Baghdad railway was being constructed, he came across the palace of an Aramaean king in what would now be north-east Syria, near the Turkish border.
But, in the end, a failure who scored only five goals and became a cult figure comparable to the film director Ed Wood.
Leading actor Géza Röhrig turns Saul – who is seeking to extend his certain-to-end lifespan by a matter of days, even hours, to try and track down what he suspects is the body of his son – into a death-haunted figure comparable to a living ghost.
Leading actor Geza Rohrig turns Saul – who is seeking to extend his certain-to-end lifespan by a matter of days, even hours, to try and track down what he suspects is the body of his son – into a death-haunted figure comparable to a living ghost.
Sprint did not provide a per-share figure comparable to the analyst estimate.
