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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actually compared" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a comparison that has been made, often to emphasize the reality or truth of the comparison.
Example: "The results of the study were surprising, especially when the data was actually compared to previous research findings."
Alternatives: "truly compared" or "genuinely compared".
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You actually compared them to elevator music.
Wolf actually compared him to Oscar Wilde.
It seemed a bit basic, actually, compared to this.
We said Patrick Leigh Fermor compared David Astor to Disney's Pluto; Fermor actually compared the writer Philip Toynbee to that cartoon character.
Trump, in a tweet and then again in his press conference, actually compared the practice of leaking information about him to, of all things, the horrors of Nazi Germany.
After Paul Ryan's fact-challenged address at the Republican National Convention last year, the chairman of the Democratic Party in California actually compared him and his compatriots to the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
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He actually compares himself to the conquistadores.
So you can actually compare prices.
How does it actually compare to life in other countries?
And actually comparing my two parental chromosomes, they differed from each other by 0.5%.
What do we find when we actually compare Detroit and the north-east?
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