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But the two sides aren’t equal as a general thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"If you increase UK gas supply, all things being equal, it should reduce price," Cooper said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Recent data could point to a 6.6% fall in intermediate-goods production—a decent proxy for sensitivity to low water levels—pushing down industrial production by 2.5% over six months, all else being equal, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Will Mark Zuckerberg’s social-media behemoth Meta Platforms get whacked with a legal judgment equal to its entire $1.4 trillion stock-market value?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
In spite of this, equal temperament works fairly well, because most of the intervals it gives actually fall quite close to the pure intervals.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Instead, the CPI is set so that 100 equals average prices from 1982-84.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The simplest way to get a general idea of whether you’ve saved enough for retirement is to start with one basic equation: Income minus spending equals what you need from your savings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Amazingly, the result of this weak measurement of dwell time, when the photon goes straight through the cloud, exactly equals the negative time suggested by the photons’ average arrival time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Sword fighting plus cape plus Francophilia plus hometown pride equals yes, please.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
“But this is groovy. Capitalism plus publicity equals monster commerce.”
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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He entertained mass audiences so successfully that his murder mysteries, spy sagas and innocent-man-accused tales became their own genre: the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, often imitated but never equaled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
For the game, he missed 12 of 19 shots, four of six three-point attempts, had zero offensive rebounds and equaled a team-low with a minus-24 in 33 fewer minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
At 6, he played a televised two-hole exhibition at Calabasas Country Club with legendary golfer Sam Snead, whose record of 82 PGA Tour victories would be equaled by Woods nearly 40 years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Despite the worries and headlines about private credit, new money continued to flow into the private funds including the two Blue Owl private BDCs during the first quarter—and nearly equaled outflows in some cases.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Into view, moving with a velvet tread that equaled his own, came what appeared to be a large cat.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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He equalled Cesar Rodriguez's 60-year-old record of 232 goals with his first, broke it with his second and extended the record with a third.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Charley Hull equalled the lowest round in Ladies European Tour history and broke the course record at the Centurion Club to move within one stroke of the lead at the PIF London Championship.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
We have now had 10 days with temperatures over 34C, beating the previous record of seven set in 1976 and equalled in 2020.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
He also equalled his personal best, which he set in winning gold at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, with the run at the Icahn Stadium in New York City.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
He was a soft-spoken, politically sensitive, brilliant Zulu student, whose love for the English language probably equalled my own.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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It was the second time that Pegula has reached the quarterfinals of the British tournament, only to fall at that hurdle, equaling the progress she made at Wimbledon in 2023.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The NYSE’s Advance-Decline Line is still 1,018 net advances away from equaling its own all-time high.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
Only 11 men have more major wins than McIlroy, with his tally of six now equaling Faldo, Lee Trevino and Phil Mickelson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Tavernier had put Rangers ahead in first-half injury-time after Gabri Martinez handled, with the prolific full back's finish equaling former striker Ally McCoist's record of 21 European goals for the club.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
It was unfair to blame her for the fictional zero-sum game of her successes equaling his failures.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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Going into the game against Manchester United, Kerr is one behind equalling Fran Kirby's all-time record of 116 goals for Chelsea.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Bank on those equalling 1% to 3% of your property’s value, or more.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Four times now, the Clarets have been relegated from the Premier League a year after coming up, equalling Norwich's record.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
It was a Grand National to savour for Irish trainer Willie Mullins as he celebrated his third consecutive victory thanks to I Am Maximus - equalling the feat achieved by the legendary Vincent O'Brien.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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