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equivalency

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


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"When I think about the show, if there's one word to describe it, I suppose it would be equitability or equivalency, equivalency between artworks," the Costume Institute's curator Andrew Bolton told AFP.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

After all those years of joking about “spousal equivalency,” it turns out the real equivalency is this: permanence on paper versus permanence in practice.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

We have to find a way to do that without creating a false equivalency that everybody has a good point.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 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




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