equal sign

NOUN

mathematical sign showing equality

Synonyms

WEAK

equality sign equals sign

Example Sentences

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For obligatory purchases like gas and groceries, add an equal sign.

From Seattle Times

I look at the blue-and-yellow equal sign sticker on the window by the door right below the Jump & Grind sign.

From Literature

She is seen below making an equal sign with students, to symbolise equality.

From BBC

It looks like twin colons, and functions, often, like an equal sign, allowing linguistic traffic to flow back and forth between apparently opposed, though weirdly interchangeable, states—the lime and the lemon.

From The New Yorker

She favors the word “ditto” and the equal sign instead of “is.”

From The New Yorker