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one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
that huge mansion at the end of the street is the equivalent of five ordinary houses
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Recent Examples of equivalents
These mega data centers, or AI factories as Jensen likes to call them, have peak load equivalents to small cities.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
Most experts recommend maintaining one to three years of expenses in cash or cash equivalents, plus an emergency fund that covers several months' worth of expenses.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
These are typically significantly lighter than Garmin’s silicone equivalents.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The company highlighted that its Colossus 1 and Colossus 2 systems now exceed one million H100 GPU equivalents, alongside recent product launches such as Grok 4, Grok Voice, and Grok Imagine.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
According to Skyeton, the hydrogen variant of the Raybird has been modified to accommodate the new fuel system and to provide enough room and distribute weight for the hydrogen tanks, which are larger than their hydrocarbon fuel equivalents for internal combustion engines.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2026
In addition, the University of Chester published a report in 2014 in which researchers measured nutrient levels in produce that had been sitting in a fridge for three days, compared to frozen equivalents.
—Cynthia Sass, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
Magic Erasers or melamine foam equivalents are extremely abrasive.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
The combined cash and cash equivalents listed on the two firms’ balance sheets in their third-quarter earnings reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission was less than $17 billion as of September 30.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
Most experts recommend maintaining one to three years of expenses in cash or cash equivalents, plus an emergency fund that covers several months' worth of expenses.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
These are typically significantly lighter than Garmin’s silicone equivalents.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The company highlighted that its Colossus 1 and Colossus 2 systems now exceed one million H100 GPU equivalents, alongside recent product launches such as Grok 4, Grok Voice, and Grok Imagine.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
According to Skyeton, the hydrogen variant of the Raybird has been modified to accommodate the new fuel system and to provide enough room and distribute weight for the hydrogen tanks, which are larger than their hydrocarbon fuel equivalents for internal combustion engines.
—New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2026
In addition, the University of Chester published a report in 2014 in which researchers measured nutrient levels in produce that had been sitting in a fridge for three days, compared to frozen equivalents.
—Cynthia Sass, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
Magic Erasers or melamine foam equivalents are extremely abrasive.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
The combined cash and cash equivalents listed on the two firms’ balance sheets in their third-quarter earnings reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission was less than $17 billion as of September 30.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivalents
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So far, Batson hasn’t found much support among programmers, who still wield enormous influence in the format — more, for sure, than their Top 40 counterparts do in pop.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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The financial parity for men’s and women’s basketball marks a departure from Wisconsin’s existing arrangement with Under Armour, dating to 2016, which awarded the women around half the bonus compensation available to their male counterparts.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The event is aimed at community members with Parkinson’s Disease and their care partners, friends and family.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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For these 40-plus partners, India presents a solid opportunity.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Some colleagues left their jobs, but others navigated the situation and rose into more powerful positions.—
Chris Lipp,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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South Florida viewers and TV colleagues were mourning this week after learning that a familiar weather personality had died in a plane crash.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Equivalents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalents. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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