equivalent

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At $5.99 for four pieces, they were more than twice as expensive as the equivalent number of McNuggets on the local menu that day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The five-year gilt rate was down the equivalent of a quarter per cent rate cut.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Both Mizuho and Citi have their equivalent of Buy ratings on the stock and price targets of $320.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The chemically equivalent generic costs $160 per dose — a steep discount from the brand-name version at $3,000 a dose.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Every point on the ball has a shadow on the complex plane; in a sense, every point on the ball is equivalent to its shadow on the plane and vice versa.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife