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
Just last year, Delaware fined Highmark $329,000 for violating mental health parity laws, which aim to ensure that mental health and physical health insurance claims are treated equally.
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Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
The simplest left-right symmetric scenario is the Pati-Salam model, which would have no parity violation, but parity violation is robustly observed.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
But a few years into the COVID-19 pandemic, that parity had vanished.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Within a few years of the pandemic, the parity disappeared.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
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Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
The simplest left-right symmetric scenario is the Pati-Salam model, which would have no parity violation, but parity violation is robustly observed.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
But a few years into the COVID-19 pandemic, that parity had vanished.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Within a few years of the pandemic, the parity disappeared.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parity
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The curators wanted to include pictures of the victims and artifacts on loan from the cities; however, opponents argued these elements were offensive to veterans and portrayed a false moral equivalence between America and Japan’s actions during the war.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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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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Wilkerson, Wilson said, attended Edison High School in Lake Station and later got her general equivalency diploma through Portage’s adult education program.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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For next gen startups with less invasive or temporary implants, demonstrating clinical equivalency to more expensive implants could usher in more nuanced assessment of value.—
Naveen Rao,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement Lee also renounced any concept of gender roles, longing for full social equality regardless of gender or race.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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The museum offers exhibits, archives, and educational programs that document its work and the broader struggle for equality in Florida.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Parity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parity. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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