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equate

[ih-kweyt] / ɪˈkweɪt /


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“We don’t want to be in a position where we sell something that doesn’t equate to the experience that someone is expecting to have.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

They give $15,000 a year, and their other itemized deductions equate to about $12,000.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

"In small teams under extreme conditions, more contact doesn't automatically equate to social support, but can actually increase tensions," says Jan Schmutz.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

It was because of money from tech billionaire investor Peter Thiel and other Silicon Valley types who seem to equate being rich with being learned.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

“Since I know that you don’t equate ‘smarter’ with ‘better,’ I’m going to say that that’s not true.”

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

This equates to less empty space and more targeted supplies.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

To qualify, they merely need to earn enough work credits over their lifetime — typically 40 credits, which equates to around 10 years of work.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

The outflows alone took a big bite, totaling $65.7 billion since the second quarter of 2022, which equates to 20% of the funds’ average assets since then.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Micron had an 85% gross margin in the third quarter, and expects it to rise to 86% in the current quarter—that equates to a 600% markup on Micron’s cost of goods.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

All of which brings us to the key point: the ancients, particularly in the classical period, had no notion that equates exactly with our modern conception of “science.”

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

The sweeping majority of American nonprofits operate with annual budgets under $1 million; the value they got from Microsoft’s free business software equated to about 30 percent of their IT spend, he told me.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

Given nearly every household in America had a cable subscription during ESPN’s heyday, that equated to many billions of dollars in extremely high-margin revenue to Disney, delivered reliably and predictably every single year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Rivers equated the no-encampment zones to federal immigration operations in the city, arguing that they enable law enforcement to snatch people off the street without giving them a place to go.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Another got into specifics, saying their credit-card rewards equated to $400 monthly “in free money” based on their Meta ad spend.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

How did bees ever become equated with sex?

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Adults across the UK spend more than £111 per month on dates and dating apps, equating to more than £1,300 per year, according to research from Barclays in 2025,

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

The latest official figures show more than one million young people are Neet - the highest level in more than 12 years and equating to roughly one in eight young people.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

This designation has more serious consequences, as it entails equating the PCC and CV with groups such as Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

Roughly 450 bitcoins are newly minted a day, meaning that institutions are buying approximately 2,700 BTC a day, equating to $220 million-worth using today’s price of $81,543.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

Thinking maybe Albany was unnecessarily equating me with the devil, I sent a signed copy to the commissioner of corrections, which he acknowledged with a curt note; I never' heard from him again.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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