tantamount

Example Sentences

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Then again, to Kelly, an opportunity not taken was tantamount to an opportunity lost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

But selling the store is tantamount to discarding his story.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

"For his age, this is tantamount to a life sentence -- an extremely severe punishment," she said.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

For a central bank that is highly data dependent, this is tantamount to flying blind.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

But this was tantamount to calling Lawrence’s bluff: at its current level of development, Ernest acknowledged, the calutron could produce enriched uranium fast but only in very small quantities.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik