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
There is endless parity across most fields, and this year’s Div.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Canada will have the hammer at the beginning of the second half and will expect to restore parity at least, but this one remains on a knife edge for now!
—Nbc News, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
Since then, the Winter Olympics have slowly been approaching a sort of parity, with women participating in an ever-growing number of events once considered too difficult, dangerous, or scandalous for them.
—Christie Aschwanden, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Of course, that would create issues with the league stakeholders who prize parity, or at least the idea of it, above all else.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Canada will have the hammer at the beginning of the second half and will expect to restore parity at least, but this one remains on a knife edge for now!
—Nbc News, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
Since then, the Winter Olympics have slowly been approaching a sort of parity, with women participating in an ever-growing number of events once considered too difficult, dangerous, or scandalous for them.
—Christie Aschwanden, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Of course, that would create issues with the league stakeholders who prize parity, or at least the idea of it, above all else.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for parity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parity
Noun
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If antimatter ignored the weak equivalence principle, the atoms might have drifted upward, repelled by Earth.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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This is a telling, inauspicious equivalence.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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At first, though, there was little doubt in the North that there was no moral equivalency of cause with the South.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Austin scored in the 60s and 70s for LGBTQ+ acceptance, gender equality and inclusive policies.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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The sweep of American history suggests the ideal of equality has staying power, even in periods of wrenching strife.—
Kenji Yoshino,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Parity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parity. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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