as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
as long as there's a rough equivalency in the armaments of the two countries, neither is likely to attack the other
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Recent Examples of equivalency
Adult general education programs prepare those taking the GED exam for the equivalency of a high school diploma.
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CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
The truest equivalency for this, around here, was Dave Checketts hiring Pat Riley, coaxing him out of retirement and bringing him to New York to coach the Knicks.
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Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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.
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Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
8 Mar. 2026
In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
The truest equivalency for this, around here, was Dave Checketts hiring Pat Riley, coaxing him out of retirement and bringing him to New York to coach the Knicks.
—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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
In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.
—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for equivalency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivalency
Noun
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That’s a false equivalence a lot of the time.
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There are journalists curious about making the leap, journalists who already made it and want to evangelize, and journalists who are furious at him for making some kind of equivalence between these jobs and journalism.
Noun
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Something big changed in American culture when white men adopted plain dress in the spirit of a republican government based on new ideas of equality.
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America is a political and moral fact—the first community in which men set out in principle to enshrine freedom, responsible government, and human equality.
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“Equivalency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalency. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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