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
Stuart James,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
The amount of time children spend on screens each day rocketed during the Covid pandemic by more than 50 per cent, the equivalent of an extra hour and twenty minutes.
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Anastasia Chernikova,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Lizzo is addressing the reception to her latest album, Bitch, which made headlines this month after failing to chart on the Billboard 200 despite her previous album, Special, debuting at Number Two with 69,000 equivalent album units earned in 2022.
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Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
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Noun
Stark earned $75 a week playing for Bethlehem Steel plus living expenses, which was a lot of money in 1924 — the equivalent of about $1,450 (£1,100) a week now.
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Stuart James,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
The amount of time children spend on screens each day rocketed during the Covid pandemic by more than 50 per cent, the equivalent of an extra hour and twenty minutes.
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Anastasia Chernikova,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Adjective
There is no equivalent automatic protocol for extreme heat at this World Cup.
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Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Lizzo is addressing the reception to her latest album, Bitch, which made headlines this month after failing to chart on the Billboard 200 despite her previous album, Special, debuting at Number Two with 69,000 equivalent album units earned in 2022.
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Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivalent
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After recently joining the brand ambassadorship craze by naming Spanish music sensation Bad Gyal as their brand’s first ambassador, the Dsquared2 founders are adding a male counterpart to this new strategy by tapping another local talent.
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Unlike larger corporate counterparts, SMEs don't always have the financial reserves to comfortably absorb geopolitical upheaval and rapid inflation.
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Through facilitated forums and advisory ecosystems, the organization builds environments where owners can test ideas, evaluate risk, and gain perspective from peers navigating comparable pressures.
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Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer Prize or redeem Prize for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute Prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.
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As the match enters a hydration break, Austria — which has already gone for broke with four substitutions this half — will have to try something different to rally.
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Researchers then move the ion to different locations above the chip by adjusting voltages on the trap electrodes.
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Aldo Álvarez started Mercatoria, another online delivery service, in 2021 with three other Cuban partners.
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Other founders made connections that led to funding, customers, and strategic partners.
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Moreover, the timeline for doing all this is roughly analogous as well – a matter of weeks, once the fissile material is in hand.
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The timelines are just different, and finding analogous industries to benchmark defense companies against is not easy.
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The majority framed sports as different from other school settings because of what is at stake every time a roster is made, a medal is awarded or a scholarship is offered.
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Like so many other businesses and homes, cost has made coverage out of reach.
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The arrests come a few weeks after 12 men were taken into custody in a similar sting operation in Miami-Dade.
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The Boyle Heights blaze, similar to the Eaton and Palisades fires, has revealed the region’s air monitoring can’t always tell people what they’ve been exposed to in a disaster.
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She has also been spotted working as a substitute anchor for various personnel, particularly on weekends.
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Prices rise, traders look for substitute barrels, freight costs move and governments issue careful statements about stability.
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“Equivalent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalent. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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