as in counterpart
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
that huge mansion at the end of the street is the equivalent of five ordinary houses
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Recent Examples of equivalent
Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Jan. 2026
As of Thursday, California’s statewide snow-water equivalent stood at about 91% of normal for the date and a little over a third of the April 1 average, according to the Department of Water Resources.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Kevin Williams, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
The term refers to snow-water equivalent readings that fall below the 20th percentile.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
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Each new Kroger Marketplace, exceeding 120,000 square feet -- or the equivalent of two and a half football fields -- costs about $40 million.
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The need for crypto ATMs has declined domestically, according to Strasser, as many people who hold bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies are not using them in a cash-equivalent manner.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivalent
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Minnesota guard Cade Tyson hit a game-tying 3-pointer with five seconds left, but Wisconsin counterpart John Blackwell sank a game-winning trey at the buzzer for a 78-75 win at Williams Arena.—
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Included in the investigations, which covered the period between 2018 and 2022, were reports of incidents involving the exposure of genitals, predatory behavior toward female service personnel by their male counterparts, and inappropriate behavior facilitated by the consumption of alcohol.—
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Unlike 1979, when much of the clergy united behind Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini against the Shah, today’s clerical establishment has no comparable unanimity.—
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By brand, comparable sales for the eight weeks versus the same year-ago quarter saw its Journeys Group gain 12 percent.—
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Thousands of people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to protest federal immigration activity after agents were involved in two different shootings this week, one that left a woman dead in Minneapolis and another that wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.—
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Just like its jogger counterpart, this hoodie comes in three different lengths and is carried up to a size 3XL.—
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During the episode, Cher told Shepard that his wife Kristen Bell deserves a better partner.—
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Other times, the passive partner is employed but does almost no parenting or caring for the home.—
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The story positions the protagonist’s work as analogous to nurturing a child.—
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The international sphere faces analogous pressures.—
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Newsom is certainly right that California is a great state and an economic engine unmatched by other states.—
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To address the problem, water managers many years ago lowered the levels, but the tree islands never recovered, leaving ghosts of islands that lack the elevation to support the majestic hardwoods found in other parts of the Everglades, such as cypress, pond apple and pop ash trees.—
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Mitsubishi has a total LNG production capacity across projects of about 15 million metric tons per year currently, and Atheon assets are estimated to add a similar capacity, doubling overall output.—
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Six days afterward, a person in a truck that looked similar to the suspect’s vehicle fled, and successfully eluded police, when a BART officer approached, authorities said.—
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Coulibaly only made four substitute appearances for Partick.—
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Parents can also anticipate which meals and settings are truly challenging for their child and bring a substitute safe meal for the child to consume while at a holiday feast.—
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“Equivalent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalent. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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