equate

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It argues the inclusion money will equate to a part-time teaching assistant for the average primary school, and two teaching assistants for the average secondary.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

I think one can enter here and look for the stock to gravitate toward $46 in the second half, which would equate to a 35% move from current prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

In 2008, crude oil hit a high of around $145 a barrel, which in today’s dollars would equate to about $215 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

In the case of medical matters, for example, the firm estimates that expenses related to heart attacks resulting from the time change equate to $375 million, and stroke-related expenses add another $252 million.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

Traditional histories like to equate Beethoven, the colossus of music in the early 1800s, with his contemporary Napoleon Bonaparte, revolutionary-turned-Emperor and serial military adventurer.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall