nonequivalent

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Adjective
  • The first three months of the year saw disparate trends in violence within the Chicago Police Department’s five patrol areas, records show, with a mixed bag of increases and further drops.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • These slightly disparate sections speak to Cattlemen’s extensive, and sometimes wild, background.
    Katie Akin, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Lee Clay Johnson’s Bloodline and Carl Hiaasen’s Fever Beach answer that question in different, equally impressive ways.
    Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Lemon said that might no longer be a dealbreaker for some candidates, but feels that as a Black man, he’d be held to a different standard.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Symbiosis refers to a close association between two dissimilar organisms that may benefit or harm one or both organisms.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In many ways, Weir tells Big Think in an email interview, the challenge of writing hard sci-fi isn’t too dissimilar from teaching a high school science class.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Second, the two sides must be readily distinguishable from each other, usually by applying color or markings to one side, although in rare cases they can be distinguished by shape, with one side being convex and the other being concave.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • For Fall 2026, creative director Anthony Vaccarello showcased a series of single- and double-breasted black suits, distinguishable from one another by the slightest shade.
    Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Or the move could have been to help the calf stay afloat—unlike adults, young sperm whales tend to sink and need to swim harder to reach the surface to breathe.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Extreme cold is especially dangerous for donkeys because unlike horses, donkeys don’t have the natural oils in their coats that repel moisture, Vargas said.
    Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The 30-year-old André-Oort conjecture about the structure of something called Shimura varieties was finally proved, as was the 85-year-old Van der Waerden conjecture, which estimates how many polynomials have noninterchangeable roots.
    Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Albeit, these are noninterchangeable banking models.
    Ankit Agarwal, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
Adjective
  • Defense attorneys, who said Horner has autism spectrum disorder and various mental illnesses, are asking jurors to sentence Horner to life in prison without parole.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In most cases, those were rejected, and some activists were even arrested on various charges.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Altadena locals have been extremely concerned about investors and corporations buying up homes in their relatively affordable and diverse community, especially in historically Black neighborhoods where many homes have been passed down for multiple generations.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Matchmaking may be old-school, but these days its clientele is skewing younger and more diverse.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Nonequivalent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonequivalent. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.

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