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
Kevin Carroll, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2026
They're supposed to be coequal.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Trump's first term was plagued by internal sabotage from bureaucrats and agency officers who fancied themselves a coequal branch of government.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Presidents since the 1970s, however, have effectively managed to dodge definitive answers to those questions – demonstrating both the power inherent in their position and the unwillingness among members of the legislative branch to reclaim their coequal status.
—Sarah Burns, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
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Adjective
Officers swear oaths to a Constitution establishing three coequal branches of government, including Congress, not to presidents.
—Kevin Carroll, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2026
They're supposed to be coequal.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Trump's first term was plagued by internal sabotage from bureaucrats and agency officers who fancied themselves a coequal branch of government.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Presidents since the 1970s, however, have effectively managed to dodge definitive answers to those questions – demonstrating both the power inherent in their position and the unwillingness among members of the legislative branch to reclaim their coequal status.
—Sarah Burns, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coequal
Adjective
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Torres launched a shot in nearly the identical spot as Copeland for a two-run homer and Hagerty was on its way to Fort Myers.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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An identical memorial site was built in Yuba City in 2011 for the 35th anniversary.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
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Sixty-five years later, two of the most consequential business leaders of this century — Tim Cook of Apple and Reed Hastings of Netflix — have given us the corporate equivalent.—
Paul Hardart,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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Researchers now hope to push the double copy framework even further by searching for particle-physics equivalents of other black hole features, including the event horizon itself — the boundary beyond which nothing can escape.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Teamsters Local 727, which represents animal care specialists, groundskeepers, patrol officers, seasonals, aides, and custodians, said the zoo's latest contract offer would take away their current health care plans without providing a comparable alternative.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The idea is to deal with a heavily armored or deeply buried target by dropping a bomb that is hard enough and heavy enough to plunge through yards of earth and stone to deliver a staggering blast comparable to a seismic event.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 May 2026
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Their Democratic counterparts have often lagged in comparison.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi pressed his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday to pursue a diplomatic resolution to the conflict and refrain from resuming hostilities during a meeting in Beijing.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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An analogous argument, albeit in the context of children and teenagers, was recently brought against Meta and other social media companies.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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What’s going on there is analogous to what the oil business did in Houston and Dallas.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, be patient with partners, spouses and close friends.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Our administration will work with providers and state partners to establish stronger accountability standards so ambulances are not diverted from true emergencies.—
Nick Stewart,
Baltimore Sun,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Many of the precautions a traveler could take are similar to those that became familiar at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Nationally, campuses including Harvard, Duke and the University of Pennsylvania reported similar outages.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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That same day, Obama had a call with Zohran Mamdani, who was on the brink of winning the New York City mayoral race.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The menstrual cycle, according to these same voices, is also an emotional roller coaster, best ridden with the aid of bespoke products.—
Andréa Becker,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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“Coequal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coequal. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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