coequal

Example Sentences

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The documents meanwhile show that Smith was personally aware of this intrusion into a coequal branch of government.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rather, the court is an independent, coequal branch of government tasked with determining whether the government’s actions—including the president’s—are constitutional and lawful.

From The Wall Street Journal

Voters can hold incumbents accountable in elections — political scientists call this “vertical accountability” — as can coequal branches of government, which we call “horizontal accountability.”

From Los Angeles Times

The confrontation between two supposedly coequal branches of government has reached a critical stage.

From Salon

But, he said, Hill “nevertheless insisted on relegating ‘The Fugees’ billing to coequal or secondary status after her name.”

From Los Angeles Times