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"is compared" is a perfectly acceptable way to express comparison in written English.
For example: "The effectiveness of this new product is compared to the effectiveness of the old one."
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is compared
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The smart retort is "compared with what"?
This is compared with the UK population average of 14%.
What also matters, of course, is: compared with what?
And that is compared with a weak year-ago quarter.
Eve is compared to a wood-nymph in Diana's service.
That is compared with every other North-South score.
This is compared with 49% in 2000/01.
Their head coach, Bill Belichick, is compared to Vince Lombardi.
Especially when Groh's deal is compared with Mike Holmgren's.
Clinton is compared to Bill Clinton and Obama; Trump is compared to everyone from Benito Mussolini to Juan Perón to Silvio Berlusconi.
People hate it when rape is compared to theft, and wearing sex-signal clothing is compared to leaving your door unlocked.
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