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equivalent

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




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The world’s largest contract chip maker on Thursday posted a 58% gain in quarterly net profit to 572.48 billion New Taiwan dollars, equivalent to US$18.12 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Operating profit in 2025 fell by more than 60% from the prior year, to the equivalent of roughly $332.2 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Adjust those numbers for inflation, and they are the equivalent of £500,000 and £1.1m today.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Duggan's lawyer had earlier argued that Australia should oppose the extradition because it did not have an equivalent law covering the US charges, which is a requirement of extradition requests.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Sitting with those magazines, it was as if he were studying the chess equivalent of Plutarch’s lives of the Roman generals or Vasari’s lives of the artists.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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