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I’ve spent the equivalent of a month in hotels so far this year, from a Great Wolf Lodge resort in Arizona to a Hilton Garden Inn at London’s Heathrow Airport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The EPA estimated the 2022 emissions from flooded lands as equivalent to 44.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — comparable to U.S. steel and iron plants.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Amazon's takeover price is offering investors $90 per share in cash, or the equivalent value in Amazon stock.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
"This new ant species is the insect equivalent of cleaner fish in the ocean," Moffett said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
A key part of philosophy, as that discipline was inherited from Aristotle and taught in the universities, was the study of nature—‘nature’ coming from the Latin word natura, for which the Greek equivalent is physis.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing equivalent
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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