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

As AI-assisted writing spreads, prose quality becomes a weaker signal of case quality—and firms that equate “well written” with “more legitimate” may be unwittingly favoring AI-assisted complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

“I equate the cowboy with what the medieval knight is to Europe, what the samurai is to Japan,” Singleton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Equally typical is a tendency to equate the risk from some obscure and exotic malady with the chances of suffering from heart and circulatory disease, from which about 12,000 Americans die each week.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos