equivalent

Example Sentences

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Shoppers at Sam’s Club China pay the equivalent of $37 a year for a basic membership or $97 for a premium membership, which comes with perks such as a 2% rebate on purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal

This was back in October, when flying through China is the equivalent of rush hour for migratory birds heading to Australia, New Zealand or southern Africa.

From BBC

National Grid is investing the equivalent of about $40 billion to upgrade the U.K.’s power networks over the next five years in a project dubbed “The Great Grid Upgrade.”

From The Wall Street Journal

At first, this rodent equivalent of downsizing dimmed the mouse’s mood.

From Los Angeles Times

There are no queer players who are out in the National Hockey League, the real-world equivalent of the show’s Major League Hockey.

From Salon