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Recent Examples of equivalence There’s moral equivalence, and then there’s a total moral inversion. The Editors, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025 Combating antisemitism should not come at the cost of distorting reality or creating false equivalences. Yinam Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 Her characters, buffeted by the era’s fluctuating currencies, inherited this crisis of equivalence. Laurence Scott, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 There is no moral equivalence here. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for equivalence
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Noun
  • Substantial equivalency is a simple, common-sense standard.
    David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The proficiency test is a five-part state exam held several times a year, or a higher level equivalency test for those not living in Italy.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Our client, Female Athletes United, is right to stand up for its members by challenging the state’s discriminatory policy and advocate for true equality in sports.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
  • Courage in politics reveals our fundamental cares—devotion to abstract principles such as equality, due process, and compassion.
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 20 May 2025

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“Equivalence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalence. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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