How to Use equivalency in a Sentence

equivalency

noun

• The person who put up the flyer could very well teach a class in false equivalency.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 6 Oct. 2017
• This was not a case of moral equivalency, but of moral clarity.
  — Cal Thomas, Alaska Dispatch News, 14 Aug. 2017
• The point here is not to make arguments of moral equivalency.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
• Plus, rent and home prices don’t always move in sync, and so this can create a false equivalency.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
• And with the Weeknd's tour in full swing, this equivalency makes perfect sense.
  — Alyssa Hardy, Teen Vogue, 5 June 2017
• In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
• Brooks has a high school equivalency diploma but did not attend college.
  — Todd Richmond, ajc, 28 Sep. 2022
• McCrae dropped out of high school and got an equivalency diploma.
  — Wyatt Mason, New York Times, 27 July 2023
• In return for jobs, gang members will be urged to acquire at least a high school equivalency diploma.
  — Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 15 June 2017
• Democratic senators shook their heads at what many called a false equivalency to their own fiery words.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Chron, 13 Feb. 2021
• One of the most aggravating of these tactics is the one of false equivalency.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2011
• The first step, a high school equivalency exam, put her on more equal footing with former classmates.
  — cleveland.com, 3 Feb. 2018
• At first, though, there was little doubt in the North that there was no moral equivalency of cause with the South.
  — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2025
• Titleist even hired a teacher to help Gemaly get his high school equivalency degree.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
• Reporters need to put reality first and take care not to fall into false equivalency and both-side traps.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 5 Jan. 2021
• Sutton goes for some false equivalency, saying that everyone in the group has failed each other at one point.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
• These face-to-face classes are designed to prepare students to pass a high school equivalency exam.
  — Laura Groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• But artists such as Lam think comparing the model to human artists is a false equivalency.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
• There’s an equivalency with Platner, and some of it has to do with a populist style of politics.
  — Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
• Kiana studied for high-school equivalency tests and worked as a clerk at an AutoZone.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
• Narruhn earned his high school equivalency diploma and enrolled in college, making the dean’s list.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 July 2021
• Students can also live in Poway and be enrolled in the equivalency of a homeschool setting.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• Jackson said Kay had just enrolled in a high school equivalency program and liked to spend time with his girlfriend, nieces and nephews.
  — Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2020
• Impressions, ad value equivalency and share of voice were artifacts of an analog era.
  — Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Now 33, with two children in school, Cuin is preparing for her high school equivalency test and looking for a job.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
• The high school equivalency classes are free and students are eligible for up to 60 percent off the cost of the tests.
  — chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Raniere represents a true nadir of sociopathy, and there is no moral equivalency between his worst crimes and short-con financial grifters.
  — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2020
• There’s no equivalency here in asking for the American people to decide at the ballot box.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
• There is no moral equivalency between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas.
  — Mike Pence, National Review, 17 May 2021
• After Oregon, at 20, Keyes took a high school equivalency test and joined the Army.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2012