equates
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And it equates small portions to elegance, chicness and peak femininity.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
That still equates to millions of reviews a year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Higher debt equates to a bigger interest burden for a government, creating a feedback loop that raises concerns about whether a nation is able to pay back both the principal and interest.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
This equates to a rate of 36.2 per 10,000 people - the third highest in the country.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Michael Frayn, in an afterword to his play Copenhagen, notes that several words in German–Unsicherheit, Unschärfe, Unbestimmtheit–have been used by various translators, but that none quite equates to the English uncertainty.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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