equivalents

plural of equivalent
as in counterparts
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 There are fewer unions, and the West End artists are paid less money than their equivalents on Broadway. Katie North, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The exhibitor generated $190 million in free cash flow and ended the quarter with $778 million of cash and cash equivalents. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 July 2026 Google describes the resulting deployment as about 50 server-equivalents worth of compute at a fraction of the usual cost. New Atlas, 2 July 2026 Neither Borgen nor Clifton qualifies as blue-line equivalents. Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Among them are selfie sticks (or equivalents), oversized hats, clothing bearing political statements and large flags. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 The Bay Area was handed, unquestionably, the worst slate of group-stage games FIFA’s bureaucrats could manifest — five equivalents of a Tuesday night MACtion football game in a November blizzard. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 June 2026 His poetry is notoriously difficult to translate because of its highly ornate, extended metaphors, which have few easy equivalents in English. Krupa Shandilya, The Conversation, 25 June 2026 Attrition rates among offshore employees can run significantly higher than their onshore equivalents, not because the talent is weaker, but because the employment experience often is. William Jones, USA Today, 18 June 2026
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Noun
  • For all their unity, its North American and Asian counterparts stopped short of matching that threat.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Chinese shipyards are capable of producing large warships far more quickly than most of their international counterparts, enabling the People’s Liberation Army Navy to steadily increase both its operational strength and global reach.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Its consumer-facing partners include Regent Seven Seas Cruises, luxury home-rental platform Plum Guide, chauffeur service Blacklane and restaurant operator The Wolseley Hospitality Group.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The full cast of celebrities and their pro dancing partners is expected to be unveiled on Good Morning America September 2.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Riding the wall, Volkwine shot through a turn and launched several feet into the air above the half-pipe, landing lightly beside his colleagues.
    Noah Daly July 31, Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2026
  • Steve has traveled around the world digging up dinosaurs and, working with many international colleagues, has named more than 15 new species, including the tyrannosaur 'Pinocchio rex' (Qianzhousaurus) and the raptor Zhenyuanlong.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 July 2026

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