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A teenager already progressing through an English academy presents no equivalent immigration obstacle.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
This constitutes a tax-free invisible “income” stream, which the government sometimes likes to call “owner’s equivalent rent.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The British insurer and asset manager reported an operating profit of 1.33 billion pounds, equivalent to $1.79 billion, for the first six months of the year compared with 1.07 billion pounds a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
By the end of July an estimated 1.2 million South Korean personal investor accounts had faced margin calls, equivalent to about one in every 30 working-age adults in the country.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In the United States, equivalent treatment ran between $15,000 and $20,000 per patient.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The long, slender fibers from the plant could be used to make products that are both stronger and softer than wood-based equivalents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Blue Owl’s largest fund has $11.6 billion of cash, cash equivalents and borrowing capacity available, equivalent to 12 quarters of payouts at the 5% threshold, the firm said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
SpaceX noted alongside the bond announcement that as of June 19, it held approximately $100.8 billion in cash and cash equivalents.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
On the ground, those shirts appear more visible than Nike equivalents, even with the Oregon-founded company producing the US national team's jersey.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
I was learning from books what my father had learned by doing, but we worked together to master challenges of converting metric measurements to the equivalents in inches, feet, and yards.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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