How to Use equivalent in a Sentence

equivalent

adjective

• Those less-known companies manufacture equivalent products at cheaper prices.
• I haven't taken English 202, but I took an equivalent course at another university.
• The plume of smoke that rose from the floor was equivalent to the size of the house.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 6 July 2026
• So an armed agent of the state is not equivalent to a kid on a corner.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2022
• There is no equivalent in the West.
  — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• In text, a token is about equivalent to a word and a half.
  — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
• Now, this does not mean one phone is equivalent to one server.
  — New Atlas, 2 July 2026
• The firm has a hold-equivalent rating on the stock.
  — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
• From just over six miles away, the noise was equivalent to a rock concert.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
• Both shops kept their buy-equivalent ratings on the stock.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
• This value is equivalent to about a quarter of her base salary.
  — Katherine Oung, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
• That's equivalent to about 8% of the state revenue schools got that year.
  — CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
• This feathery fringe is the bangs equivalent of wearing a silk robe.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 2 Feb. 2023
• All four of those firms have buy or overweight-equivalent ratings on the stock.
  — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
• One pump is equivalent to one hour of power reserve.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 2 May 2026
• An area equivalent to almost two-thirds of that has burned during fires in the last week.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 16 July 2022
• These trends are like the hair equivalent of taking a deep, cleansing spring breath.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 14 Feb. 2026
• The standing waves are equivalent to a class-three-or-four white-water rapid.
  — Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
• Plus, fuzzy is equivalent to cozy, which this pullover sweater delivers in full.
  — Nusrat Sultana, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
• Both phones share equivalent video cameras.
  — PC Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
• The same was true for the two equivalent HDR modes.
  — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
• Both stocks have our buy-equivalent 1 rating .
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026
• There's no sentencing that can be equivalent to that.
  — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
• The Club has a buy-equivalent 1 rating on shares.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 May 2026
• The same goes for the claim that banana peel facials are equivalent to Botox.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 8 Feb. 2025
• That is equivalent to about $108.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
• The process was the shipbuilding equivalent of tearing a house down to the studs.
  — Michael Ballaban, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
• Girls could play on boys teams and boys could play on girls teams if there is no equivalent sport offered for a girl at the school.
  — Jeff Amy, ajc, 24 Feb. 2022
• Boutiques are not about making direct sales to the equivalent amount that the store costs.
  — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
• The difference could be equivalent to the base value of one triple jump.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026