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as in to compare
to regard or represent as equal or comparable
a value system that equates money with success
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as in to refer
to describe as similar
you're being silly when you equate the talent of that pop star with the musical genius of Mozart
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as in to balance
to make equal in amount, degree, or status
you'll stop running up debts when you start equating what you spend with what you earn
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Recent Examples of equate
Democrats equated the salary to Lincoln’s working as a party operative.
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
But Bi doesn’t equate the unlimited duration of a shot with the eternal life of a medium; in the logic of the film, the long take is a final, indulgent expenditure of energy, one that risks finishing the Deliriant off at last.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
This vampire novel is such a classic, many equate the entire vampire genre to its titular character.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
That shift equates a stream by a YouTube or Spotify subscriber to two and a half streams by a non-subscriber.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2025
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
But Bi doesn’t equate the unlimited duration of a shot with the eternal life of a medium; in the logic of the film, the long take is a final, indulgent expenditure of energy, one that risks finishing the Deliriant off at last.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
This vampire novel is such a classic, many equate the entire vampire genre to its titular character.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
That shift equates a stream by a YouTube or Spotify subscriber to two and a half streams by a non-subscriber.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2025
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The researchers examined genetic markers linked to how the body processes sugar, then used a technique called Mendelian randomisation to compare disease rates in people who were genetically predisposed to higher blood glucose.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Kafka compared it to descending into the cold abyss of oneself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Reducing Friction For Your Manager And Team Promotion decisions often reward people who make other people’s jobs easier, especially the jobs of leaders who have to balance multiple priorities.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Any downsides have to be balanced against the very real risks of avoiding medication, psychiatrists stress.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Due to certain inflation adjustments in how Social Security is calculated and how past earnings are adjusted for inflation, the maximum benefit rose to $5,251 per month, totaling over $63,000 annually in 2026.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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No court date has been set, and his family is filing a petition to adjust his legal status based on his son’s military service.—
Claudia Boyd-Barrett,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Rangers equalized off a cycle play where Mika Zibanejad found Miller in front.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Mikel Oyarzabal put the hosts ahead before half time and Marcus Rashford equalized in the second.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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Extraction intensifies to compensate.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The judge concluded program participants could not be Salvation Army employees because there was no express or implied agreement they would be compensated.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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In October 2014, MSHSL began deliberating on how to accommodate transgender athletes.—
Jordan Shearer,
Twin Cities,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Meraviglia Plus-class MSC Grandiosa continues the trend, accommodating more than 6,300 passengers at full capacity as the larger of MSC Cruises’ two ships at Port Canaveral (the other is the MSC Seashore).—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Equate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equate. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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