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equivalence

[ih-kwiv-uh-luhns, ee-kwuh-vey-luhns] / ɪˈkwɪv ə ləns, ˌi kwəˈveɪ ləns /


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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

Dr Bączyk-Bell said the process had been a "facetious charade" and it was a "false equivalence" to talk about hurt caused to those who had been theologically opposed to the idea of marriage equality.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

People of those times thought in terms of the old-style equivalence of cardinality and ordinality.

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