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In June 2023, she organized a star-studded auction to raise money for the British cancer research nonprofit the Brain Tumour Charity and raised the equivalent of about $93,500.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Japanese company said Monday that it submitted to Akzo a proposal to acquire its decorative-paints business for 7.5 billion euros, equivalent to $8.56 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
You might say that Chicago’s pension funds currently have the equivalent of walking pneumonia—sick, but not yet on a ventilator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The downgrades, especially to the equivalent of sell ratings on Goldman and Morgan Stanley, reflect the investment-banking industry’s move to “the later part of the cycle,” Kotowski wrote in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
A key part of philosophy, as that discipline was inherited from Aristotle and taught in the universities, was the study of nature—‘nature’ coming from the Latin word natura, for which the Greek equivalent is physis.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The new European discovery is that once you step out of America’s first-tier cities, you find places that also are an order of magnitude “more so” than Europe’s equivalents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
SpaceX raised $85.7 billion in its initial public offering this month, bringing its cash and cash equivalents to $100.8 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
On the ground, those shirts appear more visible than Nike equivalents, even with the Oregon-founded company producing the US national team's jersey.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
While searching for comparisons, he found a few similar helmet depictions in 14th-century English artwork, but no exact equivalents.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
After all, the Latin terms survive more or less in free variation with the Greek, and Puttenham’s English equivalents are abundantly charming—albeit that charm is conditioned by a certain quaintness.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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