1
as in standard
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
that last dining experience was not quite up to par
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as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
these California wines are on a par with the best produced in Europe
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as in average
what is typical of a group, class, or series
a pulse of 70 is par for people of that age group
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Recent Examples of par
Her work appears across some of the ceremony’s most competitive categories, which is par for the course for one of the world’s most celebrated superstars.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The union was in the midst of negotiations when their last contract expired on June 30, and have been striking for more than a month while calling for pay that’s on par with other local Teamsters’ contracts at Capitol Waste Services and Star Waste Systems.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
That was on par with projections and also in line with the first movie in the series, which brought in $23 million in 2022.
—Itzel Luna, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
This puts him roughly on a par with some of Amazon’s largest institutional shareholders.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 July 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The union was in the midst of negotiations when their last contract expired on June 30, and have been striking for more than a month while calling for pay that’s on par with other local Teamsters’ contracts at Capitol Waste Services and Star Waste Systems.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
That was on par with projections and also in line with the first movie in the series, which brought in $23 million in 2022.
—Itzel Luna, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
This puts him roughly on a par with some of Amazon’s largest institutional shareholders.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for par
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This would allow the NHL to maintain the human element in the officiating system, and hopefully create a better standard and baseline to follow. Pick 5.3.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this year, Google and the mobile standards setting GSMA confirmed a new RCS protocol would be the first to offer cross-platform end-to-end encryption.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Modern platforms can deliver the operational equivalence that teams expect: advanced virtual machine (VM) lifecycle management, high-availability (HA) clustering, backups, disaster recovery (DR) and more.—
Madhura Maskasky,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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To this end, campaigners forged an equivalence between taking sugar and drinking human blood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
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Nationally, fares covered an average of roughly 34% of most transit systems’ costs pre-pandemic.—
Micky Horstman,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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According to the committee’s report, the accident rate for the 1.02-mile stretch from La Orilla to Linea del Cielo is higher than the state average for similar suburban two-lane roadways with speeds less than 45 mph.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Make advancement criteria transparent and attainable.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Because ranked among 17 criteria, the state’s average score was rotten.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Aug. 2025
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New York’s century-old substantial equivalency standards were designed to ensure that all students — in public, private, and religious schools — receive at least a minimally adequate education in core subjects.—
Adina Mermelstein Konikoff,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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This funding supports adult learners, who, for whatever reason, may not be fully proficient in reading, may need more education to be prepared for the workforce, may need help completing high school or high school equivalency.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
16 July 2025
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While no two years are the same in terms of weather in Tennessee, there are measured normals for regions in the state.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 July 2025
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Containerization is the new normal for scalable AI systems.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Height, aerial control and a loftier defensive ceiling are the benchmarks most closely tied to survival.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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While the Fed doesn’t directly set mortgage rates, its actions can affect the 10-year Treasury yield, the key benchmark that influences home borrowing costs.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
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Decades later, her daughter Tulip faces her own moment of reckoning in 1992 Chicago, as the ripples of her mother’s choices shape her path in America’s ongoing fight for equality.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Power 4 conference can unlock creativity, ensure fair competition at the highest level, create equality and drive college athletics into the future.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Par.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/par. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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