as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
it's absurd to suggest that there's an equality in the evil committed by the Nazis and the crimes of the government of that Asian country
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Recent Examples of equality
First elected to parliament in 1993, Takaichi has served as minister of economic security, internal affairs and gender equality.
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Selina Wang, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
Building on last year’s initiatives, TIFF will again host its Women’s Empowerment program, featuring film screenings and symposiums dedicated to advancing gender equality in the industry.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Japan, the world's fourth largest economy, ranked 118th out of 148 countries in terms of gender equality - the lowest of any Group of Seven nation - according to the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s 2025 Global Gender Gap Report.
—NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Takaichi is a veteran politician who has served as minister of economic security, internal affairs and gender equality.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025
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Selina Wang, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
Building on last year’s initiatives, TIFF will again host its Women’s Empowerment program, featuring film screenings and symposiums dedicated to advancing gender equality in the industry.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Japan, the world's fourth largest economy, ranked 118th out of 148 countries in terms of gender equality - the lowest of any Group of Seven nation - according to the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s 2025 Global Gender Gap Report.
—NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Takaichi is a veteran politician who has served as minister of economic security, internal affairs and gender equality.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equality
Noun
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There can be no equivalences drawn between the two political extremes in this country, especially when one extreme is led by a man who rarely speaks without lying.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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That false equivalence, Sadeghi noted, is part of a broader retrieval problem.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Equality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equality. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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