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equivalent

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




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Yunus said he gave the women the equivalent of $27 to clear their debts and thought of ways to offer affordable credit to the smallest entrepreneurs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The new map of neural connections, known as a connectome, extends a previously published fruit fly brain connectome by adding the fly's spinal cord equivalent, called the nerve cord.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The poem, Envoi in Chalk, appeared in a Junior Cycle English exam – the Irish equivalent of GCSEs.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

You’re paying the monthly equivalent of a cellphone bill or a meal out for two people in exchange for a possible windfall.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It was the equivalent of being dead while still drawing breath.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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