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
Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The Favorite Daughter shoe line boasts a lineup of shoes with a designer-equivalent vibe across its range of styles including pumps, boots, loafers and sneakers.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
The folder is titled—generically, non-committal-y—writing, the equivalent of an unknown number in my phone.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
That is equivalent to about $108.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The Favorite Daughter shoe line boasts a lineup of shoes with a designer-equivalent vibe across its range of styles including pumps, boots, loafers and sneakers.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Shopping secondhand is the equivalent of solving a fun fashion mystery.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
The folder is titled—generically, non-committal-y—writing, the equivalent of an unknown number in my phone.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivalent
Noun
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Novelists—those modern counterparts to the epic poets—have something to teach all those constituencies.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Such an ambitious agenda assumes a counterpart who is either inclined or compelled to cooperate.—
Neil Thomas,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Certain closet staples are well worth investing in, but finding comparable styles at a more affordable price point can make building a solid seasonal wardrobe more realistic.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a measure to fund NASA at a level comparable to fiscal year 2025, and there is bipartisan support for maintaining the space agency's science programs.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The characters are all different, but the contrast in personalities was similar.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Lee made a video about the clear-shoe trend, adopted by the likes of Simone Rocha and Loewe for spring 2026; Loewe layered socks of different colors with transparent kitten heels.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That case established a new Second Amendment test, holding that modern-day regulations regarding gun rights must have an analogous historical regulation.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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As fiction films do something analogous to what is done in prose forms like the novel and the short story, so nonfiction films can have a broad choice of nonfiction literary models.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Times’ error immediately garnered write-ups in The Washington Post, The New York Times, New York Magazine, and other outlets.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Those same records also showed that the only other purchases of BAM in the state of Colorado had been from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife agency and the National Parks Service — both of which maintained careful records of any use of the drug, per the indictment.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While its initial focus was cross-border payments, Zhang said the company’s revenue is now spread over an array of products, with business accounts similar to Mercury comprising 34% of its revenue, spend management 20%, and payments 30%.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Though the Maldives is the first country to enact such a ban, similar proposals have been debated – and nearly imposed – in other parts of the world.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Though some people do entirely substitute cannabis for alcohol, this doesn’t appear to be having widespread effects on drinking.—
Kate Bernot,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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Georgia was attending college part time and working as a substitute grade-school teacher.—
Bob Cary,
Outdoor Life,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The team would need to make a corresponding move to put Zavala back on the main roster.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Oct. 2025
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The corresponding shares are 13% in Georgia, 13% in North Carolina, 15% in Pennsylvania, and 15% in Nevada.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Equivalent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalent. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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