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
In each case, equality became more durable because it was built into the structures of daily life.
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Deborah Archer, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
If All-Star selection didn’t support the facade of conference equality, then Sengun would absolutely be one of my 24 players.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026
On Monday, the nation will observe Martin Luther King Junior Day, honoring the legacy of a leader who was assassinated while leading the fight for civil rights and equality.
—NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
The American order promised a higher standard of living, national sovereignty, and legal and institutional equality.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
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Deborah Archer, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
If All-Star selection didn’t support the facade of conference equality, then Sengun would absolutely be one of my 24 players.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026
On Monday, the nation will observe Martin Luther King Junior Day, honoring the legacy of a leader who was assassinated while leading the fight for civil rights and equality.
—NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
The American order promised a higher standard of living, national sovereignty, and legal and institutional equality.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equality
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If antimatter ignored the weak equivalence principle, the atoms might have drifted upward, repelled by Earth.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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This is a telling, inauspicious equivalence.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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At first, though, there was little doubt in the North that there was no moral equivalency of cause with the South.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Equality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equality. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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