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equivalent

[ih-kwiv-uh-luhnt, ee-kwuh-vey-luhnt] / ɪˈkwɪv ə lənt, ˌi kwəˈveɪ lənt /




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About five inches of rain was forecast in areas of Massachusetts including Boston -- the equivalent of more than a month's worth of rainfall.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Bernstein analyst Varun Govindaraj upgraded shares to the equivalent of Hold from Sell.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Today Magyar’s Birds alone records 10 to 12 terabytes a day—the equivalent of nearly 20 years of recorded sound, or more than three million songs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In the borough of Westminster, which has the highest rate of phone theft of any London borough, 672 phone thefts and robberies were recorded last month, the equivalent of around 21 a day.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

A present-day equivalent might be reproduced if the sound-effects man on Gangbusters and Walter Winchell should go on the air simultaneously, before a battery of powerful amplifiers.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Ineos says that its plants in Humberside are "among the most efficient in the world", producing materials with half the carbon footprint of US rivals, and only one eighth the footprint of Chinese equivalents.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

GameStop said it has $5.4 billion in cash and equivalents at the end of the second quarter, down from $8.7 billion a year earlier, and some $300 million in digital assets and related receivables.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

After more than three months of burning that year, Indonesia's fires had emitted 1.75 billion tons of greenhouse gas equivalents -- more than Japan emits in an entire year.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Treasurys and other cash equivalents, generating an estimated $150 million a year in interest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

He simply handed the matter to his superiors, who conferred with their equivalents at Deutsche Bank, and finally agreed to wire over $600 million.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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