Thesaurus results for EQUALLING

equaling

verb

variants or equalling

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present participle of equal

as in matching

to produce something equal to (as in quality or value) no one has equaled Shakespeare's plays

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as in coming (to)

to be the same in meaning or effect being confined to home for a whole weekend would equal a death sentence in the minds of a lot of teens

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as in paralleling

to be the exact counterpart of in the British system a public school equals an American prep school

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Recent Examples of equaling Spotify hasn't shared estimates for how much of its content is AI-generated, but Deezer recently said 44% of its new uploads are AI-generated, equaling around 2 million tracks per month. —

James Peckham, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026 Banchero also scored 45 points for a playoff career high — but missed 7 of 12 free throws — and fell one point short of equaling the franchise postseason record shared by Tracy McGrady and Dwight Howard. —

ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026 With three of the last seven Derby winners skipping the second leg of the Triple Crown, equaling the number for the previous 60 years, speculation has increased that the Preakness (and Belmont) could be moved back at least a week. —

Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026 The Sixers put up 35 points in the period — nearly equaling their first-half total — yet still trailed by 21 entering the fourth, 95-74. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2026 Their Black and Latino students were equaling or outpacing white students in the same states. —

Steven F. Wilson, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 Some data suggests 36% of state residents own at least one gun, equaling upwards of 10 million owners. —

Bella Monaco, Dallas Morning News, 7 Apr. 2026 Later that day, the spacecraft will reach a distance of some 248,650 miles from Earth — the exact number is not yet known — equaling and then surpassing a record set by the Apollo 13 crew in 1970. —

William Harwood, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 McClain, Hurley and Kurgat's appeal of the race results was denied, but the Atlanta Track Club offered them prize money, including $20,000 to McClain — equaling the winner's prize. —

Bill Chappell, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026

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At the French Open Tuesday, the four-time Grand Slam champion staged an outfit reveal once again, striding out for her first-round match against Germany’s Laura Siegemund wearing a black corset and matching pleated, cascading skirt that skimmed over the clay.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 28 May 2026
The study also compared garments from Kantamanto Market with textile waste from the lagoon and Jamestown beaches, matching brand tags from 172 market garments with those from 128 beach garments to see whether the same brands appeared in both.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 May 2026