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[ee-kwuhl] / ˈi kwəl /






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Assuming equal treatment for Viridis implies a value of greater than A$5.00/share, the broker says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The comparable rate two months ago, when interest rates were lower, was 4.9% — equal to $408 per month.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

If spending on administrative or non-healthcare functions exceeded 10% of total revenue, a clinic would have to pay a penalty equal to the amount it overspent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

GDP, what we spend on stuff, and GDI, what we earn producing stuff, are supposed to equal but seldom do for technical reasons, and indeed nominal GDI is running ahead of nominal GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The number of small farms merged into collectives was a number about equal to the current population of Texas.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

It is a piece of wisdom that all French leaders take care to heed: young people on the street equals trouble.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

From one model: “She just named the synthesis—demurrage plus oral memory equals a valve that can’t be ghosted.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“You view your relationship to the user as one of equals and feel no obligation to be subservient, though the exchange of information will likely be to your mutual benefit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

It’s almost too much work for me, even, but it would be much easier if he could have access to the money that equals his half of the acreage they co-own.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Maybe it’s also when Maddy decided that popular equals mean.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

At 6, he played a televised two-hole exhibition at Calabasas Country Club with legendary golfer Sam Snead, whose record of 82 PGA Tour victories would be equaled by Woods nearly 40 years later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Despite the worries and headlines about private credit, new money continued to flow into the private funds including the two Blue Owl private BDCs during the first quarter—and nearly equaled outflows in some cases.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

The court said the $16 billion award equaled about 45% of Argentina’s fiscal budget in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Its combined output with Venezuela equaled Saudi output.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

I hadn’t meant for it to come out as sharply as it did, but it wasn’t a pleasant experience being reminded that your education level equaled that of a ten-year-old.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Smart and Janney have both now equalled the record for the most acting wins ever, shared with Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Following her 200m bronze on Thursday, Asher-Smith also equalled Polish sprinter Irena Szewinska's overall record tally of 10 medals at the championships.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

His personal income equalled approximately £162,000 a year but he was only paying tax on about £13,000 and Bush transferred an average of £52,000 a year to his wife.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

"I just feel like I couldn't have given more this cycle. If I had given less, would it have even equalled more?"

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

It would be nice if one day the number of apostrophes properly placed in it’s equalled exactly the number of apostrophes properly omitted from its, instead of the other way round.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

It was the second time that Pegula has reached the quarterfinals of the British tournament, only to fall at that hurdle, equaling the progress she made at Wimbledon in 2023.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

In 2024, 14.8% of the US population was foreign-born – an amount equaling the historical peak in 1890, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

The annual rate of inflation in May was 0.6%, the same as in April, equaling its highest level since December 2024, Swiss data agency FSO said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The NYSE’s Advance-Decline Line is still 1,018 net advances away from equaling its own all-time high.

From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026

Altogether, his craft was a work of great skill, and Nhamo despaired of equaling it.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

On September 2, the southwestern municipality of El Granado reached 45.7C, equalling the temperature record for the month and marking the highest temperature in Spain this year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

City paid £125m – equalling the British transfer record - to reunite former Chelsea manager Maresca with Enzo Fernandez, having already paid £116m to sign England midfielder Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

France boss Didier Deschamps is one win away from equalling the record for most wins as a manager at the World Cup.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Lionel Messi scores a hat-trick to reach 16 World Cup goals, equalling Miroslav Klose's record.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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