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
The final matchup of the opening round of the WNBA playoffs had just as much action and excitement as the previous games earlier in the week, again pointing to the parity across the league.
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Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
And while osmotic power may never match the scale of solar or offshore wind, parity isn’t required for impact.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
If not, China will soon reach parity and potentially move ahead, hence the decision to name the report after the wavelength shift of light for objects accelerating away.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
The Big 12 is so stocked with parity that anyone — well, almost anyone — can become the 2025 version of Arizona State.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
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Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
And while osmotic power may never match the scale of solar or offshore wind, parity isn’t required for impact.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
If not, China will soon reach parity and potentially move ahead, hence the decision to name the report after the wavelength shift of light for objects accelerating away.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
The Big 12 is so stocked with parity that anyone — well, almost anyone — can become the 2025 version of Arizona State.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for parity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parity
Noun
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That false equivalence, Sadeghi noted, is part of a broader retrieval problem.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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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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As at many schools, CAMP at Millersville is also linked with programs that help migrant students earn their high school equivalency diplomas, known as HEP.—
Jordan Owens,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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For adults wanting to change careers, the state offers free services to support preparing for high school equivalency tests and post-secondary education.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement As a result, civil rights leaders insisted that the pursuit of equality depended on freedom for unpopular speech.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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But, of course, the authors of the 2020 Princeton petition were also trying to strike a blow for racial equality.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Parity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parity. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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