as in equivalence
the consideration of two or more things as equal
The speech deftly made an equation between the values of self-sacrifice and those of patriotism.
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Recent Examples of equation
This became all the more complicated when GLP-1s were added to the equation.
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Julia Ries Wexler, SELF, 29 Oct. 2025
With faster, cleaner hydrofoiling ferries that dramatically reduce fuel and maintenance costs, that equation changes.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
How does culture fit into the retail equation?
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
With critics groups especially, there is an element of advocacy added to the equation.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2025
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Julia Ries Wexler, SELF, 29 Oct. 2025
With faster, cleaner hydrofoiling ferries that dramatically reduce fuel and maintenance costs, that equation changes.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
How does culture fit into the retail equation?
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
With critics groups especially, there is an element of advocacy added to the equation.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equation
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
Noun
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My analogy would be that there are shark hunters out there.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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Lutfey Siddiqi, the special envoy for international affairs in Bangladesh’s interim government, also said at the Fortune Global Forum that his country’s young demographic is key to economic progress, making an oil analogy to explain how Bangladesh should leverage that advantage.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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“Equation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equation. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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