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
Taking part in this nefarious activity is tantamount to an armed attack, the administration says.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
In a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday, the pope said refusing to help the poor and strangers was tantamount to rejecting God himself.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2025
The rap world came to interpret this as tantamount to snitching, a violation of a sacred rule in the streets.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
Ukrainian Presidency | Anadolu | Getty Images There are, however, concerns over the legal ramifications and the potential retaliation from Moscow; Russia’s security council chief warned last week that using Russian assets would be tantamount to a justification for war.
—Holly Ellyatt,dan Murphy, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
In a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday, the pope said refusing to help the poor and strangers was tantamount to rejecting God himself.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2025
The rap world came to interpret this as tantamount to snitching, a violation of a sacred rule in the streets.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
Ukrainian Presidency | Anadolu | Getty Images There are, however, concerns over the legal ramifications and the potential retaliation from Moscow; Russia’s security council chief warned last week that using Russian assets would be tantamount to a justification for war.
—Holly Ellyatt,dan Murphy, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantamount
Adjective
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Not only are our religious differences analogous to relating to any kind of difference, but there is so much religious influence in American society.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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The possibility of the Justice Department releasing the emails upon Congressional order seven years later would have been an unlikely scenario for Karp to imagine, though ironically there was an analogous set of circumstances in the Gruden case.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The situations are not comparable.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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According to Chery, the new system will also be 10 percent lighter than comparable setups and cut vibration levels by 30 percent compared with standard diesel engines.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Based on similar moral panics among Democratic politicos proposing bans on new data center development from Oregon to Georgia, the Left seems ready to unite to oppose AI because of its extraordinary potential for economic productivity.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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The most high-profile of those included the internal sale of the club’s women’s team, and similar intragroup transactions covering two hotels and a car park.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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This is equivalent to roughly 100 gigawatt hours of energy — about the same as 50 of Australia’s largest grid-scale batteries combined.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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The set debuts with 51,000 equivalent album units earned.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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