as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
rules requiring that there be parity in what schools spend on men's and women's sports
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Recent Examples of parity
Expansion might actually create more parity than a tiered league.
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Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
In addition to fully funding HB 8, Sean Hassan, chair of ACC's board of trustees, said the college is also advocating for parity between dual credit and advanced placement courses in grade point average to incentivize more students to earn college credit in high school.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
And while a price hasn’t been unveiled either, BMW is hoping for parity with BEVs, Guldner says, pointing to previous dramatic cost reductions in other technologies like batteries and solar cells.
—James Morris, Fortune, 27 July 2025
Professional athletes such as Morgan have worked hard to advocate for women’s leagues, demand pay parity at the professional level and fight for equity in youth sports.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 July 2025
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Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
In addition to fully funding HB 8, Sean Hassan, chair of ACC's board of trustees, said the college is also advocating for parity between dual credit and advanced placement courses in grade point average to incentivize more students to earn college credit in high school.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
And while a price hasn’t been unveiled either, BMW is hoping for parity with BEVs, Guldner says, pointing to previous dramatic cost reductions in other technologies like batteries and solar cells.
—James Morris, Fortune, 27 July 2025
Professional athletes such as Morgan have worked hard to advocate for women’s leagues, demand pay parity at the professional level and fight for equity in youth sports.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parity
Noun
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Modern platforms can deliver the operational equivalence that teams expect: advanced virtual machine (VM) lifecycle management, high-availability (HA) clustering, backups, disaster recovery (DR) and more.—
Madhura Maskasky,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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To this end, campaigners forged an equivalence between taking sugar and drinking human blood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
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New York’s century-old substantial equivalency standards were designed to ensure that all students — in public, private, and religious schools — receive at least a minimally adequate education in core subjects.—
Adina Mermelstein Konikoff,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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This funding supports adult learners, who, for whatever reason, may not be fully proficient in reading, may need more education to be prepared for the workforce, may need help completing high school or high school equivalency.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
16 July 2025
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Gerber is a mom of two and runs a social media account called LDS Changemakers to promote gender equality within the church's current policies.—
Ciara Hulet,
NPR,
18 Aug. 2025
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The dream itself — a nation where people are judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character and enjoy true equality and justice — remains steadfast in the hearts and minds of many.—
Kevin A. Slayton Sr,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Parity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parity. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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