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equivalent

[ih-kwiv-uh-luhnt, ee-kwuh-vay-luhnt] / ɪˈkwɪv ə lənt, ˌi kwəˈveɪ lənt /




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She earned about £11,000 from her writing over her career, equivalent to about $1.7 million today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Yet, a last-second mental lapse Sunday by one of the five professional sports franchises Johnson co-owns prompted him to tweet the equivalent of a distress signal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Although D-serine is also available as a dietary supplement, consuming ordinary serine-rich foods is not equivalent to taking the form used in the experiments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

When a child is adopted in the UK, their NHS number - or equivalent health service identifier - is changed to protect their anonymity.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It seemed an excellent deal—just a few hours of work per day for the equivalent of their rent—but Pearl was displeased.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Whatever you choose, your portfolio should have an age-appropriate mix of stocks and bonds, and cash equivalents.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

France’s recent budget proposal sparked fiscal and political concerns that lifted French 10-year bond yields to their highest since 2002, while their spreads over their German equivalents soared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Unlike their land-based equivalents, their ability to float means they can be towed to different locations.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Yields on U.K. government bonds fell, tracking their U.S. equivalents, as market focus was on the U.S. inflation data due on Thursday and Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

With it came the word descubrimento, meaning first ‘exploration’ and then ‘discovery’; and then this word, in its vernacular equivalents, spread across Europe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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