as in equivalents
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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By 1974, though, many women had already discarded those notions as instruments of domination, psychic equivalents of the whalebone corset.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Ancient book clasps — used to keep manuscript tomes shut — were uncovered at the site, along with styli, the medieval equivalents of pens and pencils.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, their counterparts in Yuba County reported a stable overall output year-over-year, with the county’s $262 million agricultural value up about 2%.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Novelists—those modern counterparts to the epic poets—have something to teach all those constituencies.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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The festival's institutional partners are Brown-Forman, the Owsley Brown II Family Foundation and the Owsley Brown II Philanthropic Foundation.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In one sense, the 2025 World Series is not a battle of equals.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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And unlike Discovery, Par-WB would be a merger of spiritual equals; the company of The Godfather is probably a better fit than the company of House Hunters.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Last summer, following Mamdani’s stunning primary victory, many friends and colleagues were anxious that this Democratic candidate was too liberal, too anti-business, too inexperienced for the global stage, and simply too young.—
Sally Susman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The plan is certain to divide the Democratic caucus — and possibly also their Republican colleagues — as senators try to assemble a bipartisan deal to reopen the government, ending 35 days of a debilitating shutdown.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Colleges, employers and even peers can access public digital traces.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Franzén believes, as do some of his peers, that EQT’s industry is about to go through a wave of consolidation.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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This agent detects its environment, avoids collisions, and coordinates with nearby vehicles and traffic systems.—
Mallik Tatipamula,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Oct. 2025
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Her department coordinates with Dayforce account management and product development teams to help shape their decisions.—
Aman Kidwai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Coequals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coequals. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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