equalize
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To equalize your grandchildren’s inheritance later, you can adjust the distribution in your will or trust, reducing their shares by the amount you have already given each of them.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
“In order to equalize its share versus the USD, the gold price would need to rise to USD 5,790/oz assuming no change in the quantity of gold holdings,” Hsueh wrote.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
At six months of age, the number of nanotubes in normal mice and those with Alzheimer's disease began to equalize.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
Mike Huckabee, for goodness sake, was the governor who signed off on hundreds of millions of dollars of new annual funding to help equalize funding in Arkansas.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025
Sensing the drop in pressure, it constantly flooded itself with air from my nitrogen tank to equalize.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Isotonic cells have an equal concentration of solutes inside and outside the cell; this equalizes the osmotic pressure on either side of the cell membrane which is a semi-permeable membrane.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“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
“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
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That streak ended when Belgium’s Charles De Ketelaere equalized with a header just before halftime at Sofi Stadium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
With 11 minutes of regulation remaining, Bosnia and Herzegovina equalized to force extra time, then penalties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Seattle equalized at 3-3 on a goal by Jordan Morris in the 88th minute set up by Cristian Roldan from Albert Rusnak's corner kick.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 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 soon as it equalized, I threw off my helmet.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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In Game 1, Staal scored one of the equalizing goals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 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
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