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Assigning the Roth account to a child in a high tax bracket and the traditional account to one in a lower bracket can help equalize after-tax values.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

To equalize inheritance later, you can simply adjust the distribution in your will or trust, reducing your son and daughter’s shares by the amount you have gifted each.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 7, 2025

Markkanen's free throw with 19 seconds remaining in regulation set up the first overtime at 127-127 and Chicago's Coby White sank a layup with 0.2 of seconds remaining to equalize at 136-136.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

He said his group has advocated for Newsom to declare a statewide emergency, which would help equalize the response statewide and allow for mutual aid agreements between wealthier and poorer areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

Equalize the airlock with your side of it, get in, equalize with the other side, get out.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

“This rule, at least to a certain degree, equalizes the workforce that way,’’ says Amanda Sonneborn, an employment lawyer at King & Spalding.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2021

Some philosophers, such as Jeremy Bentham, have suggested that it’s our capacity to suffer that equalizes us.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020

Fresh flour is considered “unstable,” Hutchison explained, and oxidation equalizes it and makes it more stable and consistent.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 10, 2016

Toward the most generous end of the spectrum are companies like Facebook, which equalizes paid leave, offering men and women four months.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2015

“I like the way it equalizes everyone, you know? Most competitions are only for one thing, but in America's Got Talent, you can do anything. Be anything.”

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

It’s a cost gap barely equalized by the current 50% aluminum tariff.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Paraguay opened the scoring in the 42nd minute through Julio Enciso, before Germany equalized in the second half with a header by Kai Havertz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Atlanta's Tyler Allgeier scored on a two-yard run only 2:45 into the game but Buffalo equalized just 4:14 later on Allen's 19-yard touchdown pass to Dawson Knox.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center at the VA St. Louis Health Care System, and his colleagues expected to find that the two respiratory diseases had finally equalized.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

As it equalized, Lewis's voice came over the radio.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

But there are plenty of obvious opportunities, such as equalizing Medicare payments for hospitals and physician’s offices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

“A life-insurance policy can be specifically purchased to provide a cash payout to the non-business child, effectively equalizing their inheritance without burdening the business or the child taking it over,” it says.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

Whether or not Altman is a true believer in A.I.’s equalizing powers, he’s talking his book.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2026

It is also, in some ways, an equalizing force.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

“My thought was that if you know how to keep tissue alive there must be some way of equalizing the reserve supply to the area of the throat and face.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot