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equivalency

[ih-kwiv-uh-luhn-see] / ɪˈkwɪv ə lən si /


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Many big brands see a false equivalency between DEI issues and target marketing issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

"When I think about the show, if there's one word to describe it, I suppose it would be equitability or equivalency, equivalency between artworks," the Costume Institute's curator Andrew Bolton told AFP.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

“We encourage the Administration to ensure that any adjustments to Argentina’s tariff-rate quota or inspection regime be contingent on verified equivalency and reciprocal market access for American beef.”

From Salon Nov. 7, 2025

I was happy with spousal equivalency, with the idea that every day Carlos and I chose each other without needing the state to ratify it.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2025

Acutely aware of his own lack of education, C.P. enrolled in an adult high school equivalency class.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Don't seek to create false equivalencies in the name of "balance."

From Salon Sep. 20, 2023

But belief often requires a leap of faith, or in this case, a set of elisions, some false equivalencies, and a few fatuities, all of which make this book hopelessly muddled.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2023

But if “Armageddon Time” seems to hew to a familiar playbook, it also avoids trafficking in the complacency, reassurance and false equivalencies that most Hollywood explorations of race and class are eager to peddle.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2022

Mann and others have criticized such arguments for their false equivalencies: the environmental and health costs of rare earth minerals for certain renewable energy sources are small compared with those of fossil fuels.

From Scientific American Jun. 26, 2022

This mediation was itself a form of work: questions asked, questions answered, commitments made, equivalencies determined.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin




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