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
Leaving town is tantamount to doctors and nurses closing hospitals during an epidemic.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
Not all concession sites were fully operational and the immediate surroundings are tantamount to a construction site.
—Avi Creditor, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2026
What gives a being that’s tantamount to a jovial blank slate such staying power?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
To not oblige would be tantamount to confirming their fears that what had happened to me was the worst possible thing.
—Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
Not all concession sites were fully operational and the immediate surroundings are tantamount to a construction site.
—Avi Creditor, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2026
What gives a being that’s tantamount to a jovial blank slate such staying power?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
To not oblige would be tantamount to confirming their fears that what had happened to me was the worst possible thing.
—Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tantamount
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantamount
Adjective
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An analogous argument, albeit in the context of children and teenagers, was recently brought against Meta and other social media companies.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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What’s going on there is analogous to what the oil business did in Houston and Dallas.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In January, the FCC issued new guidance over the equal time rule, which requires broadcasters that feature a political candidate on their airwaves offer comparable time to rivals, if it is requested.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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Morgan Rielly, the high-end comparable Drance found for Buium, is also a key comparable according to Buium’s current Net Rating profile.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Many of the precautions a traveler could take are similar to those that became familiar at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Nationally, campuses including Harvard, Duke and the University of Pennsylvania reported similar outages.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Yet, on Rikers, Richards’s presence seemed to inspire an equivalent degree of intensity.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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The process was the shipbuilding equivalent of tearing a house down to the studs.—
Michael Ballaban,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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