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
Shaun Chapoose,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
Trump has instituted a pay-to-play system for his allies and unilaterally started wars while disregarding Congress’s authority as a coequal branch of government.
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Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Congress is supposed to act as a coequal branch of government, especially on issues involving spending, executive authority, and military action.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
6 May 2026
But the power of our democratic republic, built on three, coequal branches of government, is clearer than ever before.
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Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Anything less continues the unlawful and discriminatory distinction the state has drawn among coequal treaty signatories.
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Shaun Chapoose,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
Trump has instituted a pay-to-play system for his allies and unilaterally started wars while disregarding Congress’s authority as a coequal branch of government.
—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Congress is supposed to act as a coequal branch of government, especially on issues involving spending, executive authority, and military action.
—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
6 May 2026
But the power of our democratic republic, built on three, coequal branches of government, is clearer than ever before.
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Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coequal
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The lineup is essentially identical to that of the nation's game against Croatia on Tuesday.
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An employee running fifty unchecked queries looks identical, on a dashboard, to one running five after working the problem first.
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More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent to a car door slamming shut 20 feet away.
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In 2014 she was made a dame, the female equivalent of a knight, for services to the arts and to charity.
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Through facilitated forums and advisory ecosystems, the organization builds environments where owners can test ideas, evaluate risk, and gain perspective from peers navigating comparable pressures.
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Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer Prize or redeem Prize for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute Prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.
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After recently joining the brand ambassadorship craze by naming Spanish music sensation Bad Gyal as their brand’s first ambassador, the Dsquared2 founders are adding a male counterpart to this new strategy by tapping another local talent.
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Unlike larger corporate counterparts, SMEs don't always have the financial reserves to comfortably absorb geopolitical upheaval and rapid inflation.
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Moreover, the timeline for doing all this is roughly analogous as well – a matter of weeks, once the fissile material is in hand.
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The timelines are just different, and finding analogous industries to benchmark defense companies against is not easy.
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Aldo Álvarez started Mercatoria, another online delivery service, in 2021 with three other Cuban partners.
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Other founders made connections that led to funding, customers, and strategic partners.
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The arrests come a few weeks after 12 men were taken into custody in a similar sting operation in Miami-Dade.
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The Boyle Heights blaze, similar to the Eaton and Palisades fires, has revealed the region’s air monitoring can’t always tell people what they’ve been exposed to in a disaster.
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Plus, with the brand's DashPass membership, shoppers can save even more on their DoorDash orders with exclusive perks like a $0 delivery fee, lower service fees and fast, same-day delivery on a variety of health and wellness essentials.
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Accidental deaths, including drug overdoses, motor vehicle crashes and falls, were the causes of more than 197,440 deaths that same year, records show.
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“Coequal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coequal. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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