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equivalent

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




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The study followed nearly 300,000 babies born between September 2024 and March 2025 in England - equivalent to about 90% of all births during that time.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Net profit rose 48.5% to 20.74 billion yuan, equivalent to $3.04 billion, the company said late Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Of the 54 analysts polled by FactSet, 51 rate Broadcom the equivalent of a Buy.

From Barron's • 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

In 1651 Pascal reacted with horror to the suggestion that he had tried to pass Torricelli’s experiment off as his own: everyone understood, he insisted, that this would be the scholarly equivalent of theft.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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