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equivalency

[ih-kwiv-uh-luhn-see] / ɪˈkwɪv ə lən si /


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They have been asked to provide an equivalency assessment of their grades -- one they cannot possibly meet because, he said, "there are no functioning ministries or institutions" in Gaza.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

“We encourage the Administration to ensure that any adjustments to Argentina’s tariff-rate quota or inspection regime be contingent on verified equivalency and reciprocal market access for American beef.”

From Salon Nov. 7, 2025

I wonder how you approach covering the candidates in a way that gives them a similar amount of screen time but doesn’t distort their records or create a false equivalency?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2024

It equates on the PR equivalency scale with ‘let ’em eat cake.’

From Slate May 30, 2024

It was still a household run by a single mother with only a high school equivalency degree, no career skills, no assets, and no immediate prospects for independence.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

But belief often requires a leap of faith, or in this case, a set of elisions, some false equivalencies, and a few fatuities, all of which make this book hopelessly muddled.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2023

But if “Armageddon Time” seems to hew to a familiar playbook, it also avoids trafficking in the complacency, reassurance and false equivalencies that most Hollywood explorations of race and class are eager to peddle.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2022

Mann and others have criticized such arguments for their false equivalencies: the environmental and health costs of rare earth minerals for certain renewable energy sources are small compared with those of fossil fuels.

From Scientific American Jun. 26, 2022

The group added: "The United States and Israel are imperfect and, like all democracies, at times deserving of critique, but false equivalencies give cover to terrorist groups."

From Salon Jun. 10, 2021

This mediation was itself a form of work: questions asked, questions answered, commitments made, equivalencies determined.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin




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