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 Many can be purchased for less that the Macallan equivalents, giving even more scope for exploration and expanding your at home bar selection. Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 21 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
  • Younger millennials are still fighting the battle their older counterparts just won — and the numbers show how wide the gap has gotten.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • Many autistic individuals have a harder time remembering faces and recognizing facial emotions than their neurotypical counterparts.
    Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • The arrests followed an investigation led by Sweetwater police with assistance from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement partners.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
  • Multigenerational farmers and Californians interested in pursuing the agriculture business gathered to learn about growing agave from the University of California Cooperative Extension and its partners.
    Lizzie Kane July 26, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • One of the officers was taken to a hospital by his colleagues in a patrol car, while the other injured officer was brought to a medical facility by ambulance.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • His choice not to publicly disclose his colon cancer diagnosis meant that his death blindsided his fans and even some of his closest colleagues.
    Lindsay Good, NBC news, 23 July 2026

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“Equivalents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalents. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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