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
Federal mandates targeting diversity or racial and gender equality have led to bans of or attempts to ban words, ideas, books and people.
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Jane M. Saks, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Daniela Flores, executive director of Imperial Valley Equity and Justice, a nonprofit that works for social and environmental equality, said the community has good reason to be wary.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
While a generation of young men is being radicalized online into the belief that women’s equality is an attack on them.
—Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
Gender equality is the low-hanging fruit of corporate social responsibility—an easy win for marketing campaigns or ESG reports.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Mar. 2026
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Jane M. Saks, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Daniela Flores, executive director of Imperial Valley Equity and Justice, a nonprofit that works for social and environmental equality, said the community has good reason to be wary.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
While a generation of young men is being radicalized online into the belief that women’s equality is an attack on them.
—Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
Gender equality is the low-hanging fruit of corporate social responsibility—an easy win for marketing campaigns or ESG reports.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equality
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Translation, too, is a practice of uneven equivalences.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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His disturbing and bloody rhetoric created a twisted equivalence between violent crime and immigrants, most of whom come here to work, raise families and contribute to our population growth and economy.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Collegiate Consulting study focuses largely on branding and visibility through a metric known as advertising value equivalency (AVE), which measures how much advertising would cost with equivalent exposure.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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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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“Equality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equality. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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