equivalence

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

You would have to go back to Handel’s 42 operas, Mozart’s 22 or Verdi’s oeuvre for operatic equivalence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

This functional equivalence is illustrated in the accompanying chart.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

"More problematically, matching adversaries' tone risks creating equivalence in audiences' minds between democratic institutions and disinformation actors."

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Self-exoneration through false moral equivalence by public figures is as old as time itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

The equivalence of numbers and shapes made the ancient Greeks the masters of geometry, yet it had a serious drawback.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife