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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

"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

In March, the company approved a quarterly dividend payment of 35 cents, which would equate to $1.40 annually.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Both Welborn and Ware caution clients not to equate financial independence with attaining a certain level of net worth.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

“The first step to honest communication about race is to realize that you cannot equate all racisms,” she said, and then launched into her carefully prepared speech.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This equates to less empty space and more targeted supplies.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

That equates to an estimate of nearly $20 million of new expenses for county taxpayers annually.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

That equates to more than $17,000 a year for daycare or more than $45,000 a year for a nanny.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 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

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

Unfortunately, as JPMorgan energy guru Michael Cembalest recently put it, we’re “in divinity school” where rationality is roughly equated with atheism when the subject is climate and energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

What a wild ride though, from not wanting kids to being equated with Mama’s.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 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

Bobby thought of himself as being totally aware and equated himself with Bhagwan’s concept of the Nietzschean “Superman” who transcends the constraints of society.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Total forward sales—including joint ventures—at year end stood at 2.81 billion pounds, equating to about 9,728 homes, compared with 2.92 billion pounds and 9,835 homes as of June 29, 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Southern Water has claimed it achieved a record year of leakage reduction, equating to 27 million litres per day, and has found and fixed 2,840 leaks since January.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

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

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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