as in identical
resembling another in every respect
in my mind illegally downloading something from the Internet is coequal to stealing from a store
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as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
viewing himself as the coequal of the Caesars of ancient Rome, Napoléon surrounded himself with the emblems of classical antiquity
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Recent Examples of coequal
Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The legislature is a coequal branch of government with the executive branch.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The purpose of the pardon is to be used as a check against the other coequal branches of government to protect people from being unfairly punished or having their rights otherwise deprived without due process.
—Samuel Chambers, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
But this dynamic accelerates the decline of Congress as a coequal branch of government, further shifting power to the presidency.
—Casey Burgat, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Speaker Mike Johnson has positioned himself as a junior partner to the president rather than a leader of a coequal branch of government.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The legislature is a coequal branch of government with the executive branch.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The purpose of the pardon is to be used as a check against the other coequal branches of government to protect people from being unfairly punished or having their rights otherwise deprived without due process.
—Samuel Chambers, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
But this dynamic accelerates the decline of Congress as a coequal branch of government, further shifting power to the presidency.
—Casey Burgat, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coequal
Adjective
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The creator replaced it with a nearly identical bronze statue shortly after, but moved its location to private property nearby and attached it to concrete and metal rods.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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Since its inception roughly 50 years ago, the recipe remains nearly identical and closely guarded.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Through the first five weeks of the second quarter, Texas Roadhouse said its comparable sales at company restaurants increased 5% year over year.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
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One that’s more demonstrable in the industry than other comparable examples of societal laziness.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Congress, the Executive Branch, and civil society must all play an active role in deepening engagement with their Taiwan counterparts.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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The union says its members want parity with their counterparts who work for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.—
Patrick McGeehan,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The work of flattening out three-dimensional sculpture into a two-dimensional painting was analogous to intellectualizing and abstracting Blackness as media became more mobile in the early twentieth century.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Together, these provide a wealth of data that any neuroscientist would envy — analogous to a perfect map of a person’s brain, along with separate electrodes to monitor the activity of each neuron.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Gleason score is created through something similar to a point system.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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The Embraer designers envisioned a color scheme that was remarkably similar to Ryann’s, but pushed it one step farther with a carpet that became the cabin’s signature feature.—
Daniel Cote,
Robb Report,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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That same need for organizational agility and resilience is being brought to the fore in today’s turbulent economic and political climate.—
Alexander Clausbruch,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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But in book club fiction, that same moment can take a darker turn, leading to rehab, divorce or tragedy.—
Jessica Guerrieri,
People.com,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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One basis point is equivalent to 0.01%, and yields and prices move in opposite directions.—
Brian Evans,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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Here, 15 of the softest sheets that will convince you that crawling into bed at 9 p.m. is equivalent to self-care.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
16 May 2025
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“Coequal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coequal. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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