as in analogous
equal to something in value, meaning, or effect
His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt. They see any criticism of the President as tantamount to treason.
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Recent Examples of tantamount
His framing instead relied on the dubious proposition that drug smuggling is tantamount to violent aggression.
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Jacob Sullum, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Last week, critics accused the FCC’s Carr of improperly exerting pressure on ABC and local broadcasters to cancel Kimmel — and that his threats were tantamount to a First Amendment violation.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Obtaining control of the Active Directory is tantamount to obtaining a master key that will open any door in a restricted building.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Almost no one in Lebanon thinks the third scenario is likely, because in Hezbollah’s mind, laying down its arms is tantamount to political suicide.
—Bilal Y. Saab, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jacob Sullum, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Last week, critics accused the FCC’s Carr of improperly exerting pressure on ABC and local broadcasters to cancel Kimmel — and that his threats were tantamount to a First Amendment violation.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Obtaining control of the Active Directory is tantamount to obtaining a master key that will open any door in a restricted building.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Almost no one in Lebanon thinks the third scenario is likely, because in Hezbollah’s mind, laying down its arms is tantamount to political suicide.
—Bilal Y. Saab, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantamount
Adjective
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This effect is analogous to concentrating sunlight with a magnifying glass to ignite a dry leaf.—
Richard J. Price,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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In the end, this game was all too analogous of the year the Tigers endured.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The notional $1,000- $2,000 tariff-revenue checks may be comparable in dollar amount to Biden’s stimulus checks, but Covid dollars and today’s dollars are much different due to the high inflation that’s occurred in recent years, outpacing wage growth.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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By carefully analyzing the subtle interactions of these signals, the technology can generate a highly detailed and accurate representation of a person’s presence, posture, and movement that is comparable to a camera snapshot, but constructed entirely from radio waves.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Such a maneuver would mirror similar moves across the industry.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Once Simmons was drafted, Moore knew his role would shift from potential starter to a swing tackle, similar to his job back in San Francisco.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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That's equivalent to the speed of more than 100 bricklayers working simultaneously.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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Showgirls‘ full final first-week consumption figure (equivalent album units, which includes pure sales, streams and track sales) and pure album sales figure are both still being tabulated by Luminate.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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