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
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
That’s not a light decision to make, but seems increasingly appropriate as the administration simply refuses to treat the courts as a coequal branch of government.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
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Adjective
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
That’s not a light decision to make, but seems increasingly appropriate as the administration simply refuses to treat the courts as a coequal branch of government.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coequal
Adjective
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Yet after three straight seasons with identical point totals, 41 apiece, Strome had played in just over half the team’s games this year between injuries, illness and healthy scratches peppered into that mix of maladies.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
7 Mar. 2026
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The teams came in with identical records – 25-5 overall and 15-3 in conference play – and the game looked virtually even with eight minutes left.—
Ben Messinger,
Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Their weekly grocery bill has dropped from the equivalent of about $400 to $267; fuel and public transport are 40% cheaper; and GP visits cost 25% less – with same-day appointments replacing week-long waits.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team played the equivalent of a heavyweight fight to close out the 2025-26 regular season on Saturday afternoon in Columbia.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The office has long handled discrimination cases in areas like housing and employment, but students don’t have a comparable option to file complaints.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Already, in head-to-head diagnostic comparisons, generative AI performs at levels comparable to human clinicians.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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International co-production will be addressed through the Producers Connect platform which aims to match local producers with their counterparts overseas.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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First and second graders continue to perform worse than their pre-pandemic counterparts on math and reading tests, according to a report published Tuesday by the education assessment and research group NWEA.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Perhaps the most analogous example among automotive marques is Porsche, the first automobile of which emerged in 1948 from an Austrian barn and, within 15 years, transformed into what has become the most collectible sports car in the world.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
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Such buying and selling is analogous to feeding more or less gas to a car.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kushnir said the decision ultimately depends on the government and Zelensky, but the company wants to help partners and could be ready to do so within days.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Hezbollah, Iran’s longtime partner, opened a second front with Israel from Lebanon.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Controlling Iran’s oil in any similar fashion has not been a main topic of conversation inside the administration, people familiar with the situation told Semafor.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The team found a major levoglucosan peak centered around 1128 CE, coinciding with a similar peak recorded from the Schwarzboden mire peat core, another important reservoir of atmospheric history sampled about 12 miles southeast of Weißseespitze.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In his talks with employees, Provost frequently cites those same Chinese manufacturers as an example for the kind of agility and efficiency Renault should aspire to, said the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private.—
Albertina Torsoli,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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That same night, the chamber hosted a reunion for Rainbow PUSH alumni to commemorate Jackson and his years of activism.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Coequal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coequal. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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