as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
it's absurd to suggest that there's an equality in the evil committed by the Nazis and the crimes of the government of that Asian country
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Recent Examples of equality
Moreover, much of what the party advocates for, including rejecting gender equality, paring down individual freedoms in the constitution, reverting to the prewar educational system, and adhering to outright historical revisionism, has not gone mainstream.
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Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
The organization seeks to work towards equality in maternal care worldwide.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The apparent contradiction between functioning hierarchy and theoretical equality is often invoked in the novel’s pages, without generating much tension.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
The second notebook had a sticker on the inside cover depicting a semiautomatic AK-style rifle on top of a trans equality pride flag.
—Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
The organization seeks to work towards equality in maternal care worldwide.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The apparent contradiction between functioning hierarchy and theoretical equality is often invoked in the novel’s pages, without generating much tension.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
The second notebook had a sticker on the inside cover depicting a semiautomatic AK-style rifle on top of a trans equality pride flag.
—Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equality
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The curators wanted to include pictures of the victims and artifacts on loan from the cities; however, opponents argued these elements were offensive to veterans and portrayed a false moral equivalence between America and Japan’s actions during the war.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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Modern platforms can deliver the operational equivalence that teams expect: advanced virtual machine (VM) lifecycle management, high-availability (HA) clustering, backups, disaster recovery (DR) and more.—
Madhura Maskasky,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Wilkerson, Wilson said, attended Edison High School in Lake Station and later got her general equivalency diploma through Portage’s adult education program.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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For next gen startups with less invasive or temporary implants, demonstrating clinical equivalency to more expensive implants could usher in more nuanced assessment of value.—
Naveen Rao,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Equality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equality. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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