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
The doctor–patient relationship is one of the rare places where democratic equality and human vulnerability collide.
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Scott Hamilton, STAT, 4 Mar. 2026
The women inside are driving for equality, and taking a similar route Paul did across the country more than 100 years ago.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Each anniversary is a yardstick used to measure Americans’ fidelity to or betrayal of the nation’s founding principles, its people’s moral progress or decay, its economy’s growth or decline, and the strength or weakness of civil society, of democracy, of freedom, of equality.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
With that action, Jackson launched his career — and crusade — fighting for equality for all.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Scott Hamilton, STAT, 4 Mar. 2026
The women inside are driving for equality, and taking a similar route Paul did across the country more than 100 years ago.
—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Each anniversary is a yardstick used to measure Americans’ fidelity to or betrayal of the nation’s founding principles, its people’s moral progress or decay, its economy’s growth or decline, and the strength or weakness of civil society, of democracy, of freedom, of equality.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
With that action, Jackson launched his career — and crusade — fighting for equality for all.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 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 11 Mar. 2026.
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