as in equivalence
the consideration of two or more things as equal
The speech deftly made an equation between the values of self-sacrifice and those of patriotism.
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Yet Beijing has not accepted New Delhi’s demand for the next step—de-escalation and de-induction of the forces back to rear bases—leaving the basic military equation tense and provisional.
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Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Other factors like lifestyle and diet are also part of the equation.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2025
Morris adds human agency to the equation, focusing on how people choose to engage.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
As gravity is related to mass, the size of an event horizon, also known as the Schwarzschild radius — after Karl Schwarzschild, the first physicist to solve the equations of general relativity and inadvertently predict the existence of black holes — also depends on the mass of a black hole.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Other factors like lifestyle and diet are also part of the equation.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2025
Morris adds human agency to the equation, focusing on how people choose to engage.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
As gravity is related to mass, the size of an event horizon, also known as the Schwarzschild radius — after Karl Schwarzschild, the first physicist to solve the equations of general relativity and inadvertently predict the existence of black holes — also depends on the mass of a black hole.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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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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With that analogy in mind, the Cair Detangling Hair Mist is like treating your hair to a nice dry clean with every spritz.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The judges jumped in to suggest Kilaru’s analogies weren’t so convincing in the context of a football player like Pavia, who has a limited window to earn NIL money.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 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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“Equation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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