as in counterpart
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
that huge mansion at the end of the street is the equivalent of five ordinary houses
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Recent Examples of equivalent
Bill Chappell, NPR, 27 May 2025
The game offers a food comparison equivalent to the calories.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
In 1992, the year before Clinton and his economic team gathered in the Roosevelt Room, the annual deficit was 4.5 per cent of G.D.P., and the total federal debt held by the public amounted to 46.3 per cent of G.D.P. Last year, the equivalent figures were 6.3 per cent and 96.2 per cent.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Here, 15 of the softest sheets that will convince you that crawling into bed at 9 p.m. is equivalent to self-care.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 16 May 2025
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Adjective
That's about 17 miles above sea level - equivalent to Earth's stratosphere.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 27 May 2025
The game offers a food comparison equivalent to the calories.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
In 1992, the year before Clinton and his economic team gathered in the Roosevelt Room, the annual deficit was 4.5 per cent of G.D.P., and the total federal debt held by the public amounted to 46.3 per cent of G.D.P. Last year, the equivalent figures were 6.3 per cent and 96.2 per cent.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Here, 15 of the softest sheets that will convince you that crawling into bed at 9 p.m. is equivalent to self-care.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivalent
Noun
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Officials started making calls to counterparts Wednesday night to emphasize that, in their minds, nothing had changed and that process and urgency should be maintained.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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These organizations serve about 30 million Americans across all 50 states but are typically under-resourced compared to their counterparts at major health systems.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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In fact, no other project of the past half century comes to mind that is comparable to Orozco’s work of the past three decades, with its the complex and contradictory morphologies, operations, materials, and sites.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Setup time should be comparable to that of a standalone instant-pitch screen room, which will also require staking out in windy conditions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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But Mbappe chose to distance himself from that debate and his opening season was different to Ronaldo’s.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Young, a British Columbia native who played for three different colleges and spent seven seasons in the minors before playing for the Doosan Bears in South Korea last season, hit his fourth career Major League homer and his first since September 2009 with the Chicago Cubs.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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In our model, the flow of traffic over a network of roads is analogous to the flow of fluids over a surface—motions that are governed by the laws of fluid dynamics.—
Steve Nadis,
Wired News,
1 June 2025
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What remain enduringly relevant are the book’s insights into the nature of design innovation, which Jencks described as analogous to biological evolution, a constant flow of emergent, divergent, and convergent streams.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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Similarly, SpaceX is hugely dependent on direct grants and regulatory permitting, clearances, and partnership from NASA and other federal agencies.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Avoid tall, isolated trees or other elevated objects.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Here are Material: There are several silk and silk alternative fabrics to choose from, but our list consists of pure mulberry silk, bamboo varieties, and satin that all have a similar look and feel.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
31 May 2025
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Washington state recently adopted a similar law, effective next year.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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In a corresponding move, the Royals recalled Nick Loftin from Triple-A Omaha.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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The Dodgers called up top prospect Dalton Rushing, and the corresponding roster move was the Barnes DFA.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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In the Coastal Commission’s letter to the mayor, the agency also requested that the city explore alternative ways to fund the maintenance of the fire rings and public restrooms.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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There was no single issue bonding together these early trailblazers other than a desire to offer an alternative view on clubs whose media coverage was largely restricted to the back page of the local newspaper and a rather staid, flimsy matchday programme.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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“Equivalent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalent. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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