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Total net inflows to both ETFs and bond mutual funds over the past 12 months equal about 10% of these funds’ assets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
For all these women, it took having terrible, even traumatizing experiences in these movements to make them realize that perhaps it’s not feminist claptrap to believe in equal rights and bodily autonomy.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The sacs survived pressures equal to those found at depths of more than 400 meters, which is far deeper than the larvae normally travel during their daily migration.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Huang referenced an ancient Chinese myth where three ordinary people combine their wits to equal one genius.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
With a voice that was equal parts youth and unquestioning command, the torchbearer barked, “What are you doing on this road?”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Looked at another way, adjusting $100,000 in the late 1990s for inflation also equals roughly $210,000 today.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
They didn't play like underdogs, they played like equals.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Sword fighting plus cape plus Francophilia plus hometown pride equals yes, please.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
A single degree Celsius equals 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
Then he and his father would be equals, in the sight, and the sound, and the love of God.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Folarin Balogun’s two goals in that game equaled another record from 1930, which was the last time a U.S. player had multiple goals in a World Cup game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The latter equaled about 8% of revenue in the most recent quarter.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
The Galaxy Z TriFold may represent the ceiling of a yearslong experiment on phone sizes, where bigger equaled better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Lillard equaled the best final-round score, set by Karl-Anthony Towns in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
The gracefulness of the slender fishing boats that glided into the harbor in Dakar was equaled only by the elegance of the Senegalese women who sailed through the city in flowing robes and turbaned heads.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
And a whack of them were collected in Glasgow 12 years ago when he equalled the legendary Ian Thorpe's record of seven medals in one Games.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
A shot further back is their compatriot Sam Burns, who equalled the low score in a major when he posted an eight-under par 62 to get to five under, minutes after leader Herbert's.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In 2025 there were five tropical nights and this has already been equalled this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Mbappe now tops France's goalscoring charts, Haaland is Norway's leading World Cup scorer - after just two games - while Kane has equalled Gary Lineker's World Cup record for England.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
It was not likely, however, that any body should have equalled her in the date of the plan, as it had entered her brain during the very first evening of Harriet’s coming to Hartfield.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
The annual rate of inflation in May was 0.6%, the same as in April, equaling its highest level since December 2024, Swiss data agency FSO said Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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
Next came a power-play goal from Knight, her 14th in Olympic play, equaling Natalie Darwitz and Katie King for the most in team history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
Last year, the company introduced what it calls the “AT&T guarantee,” which provides fiber and wireless customers with credits equaling a full day of service for outages, depending on certain details.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
Altogether, his craft was a work of great skill, and Nhamo despaired of equaling it.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Mbappe wants to break every record he can, but only if they serve the collective - it is no secret he is obsessed with equalling Pele's record of three World Cup triumphs.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Messi began the tournament with a hat-trick in a 3-0 win against Algeria as he became the all-time leading goalscorer in World Cup history, equalling Miroslav Klose's record of 16, which had stood since 2014.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Bank on those equalling 1% to 3% of your property’s value, or more.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
They must beat bottom side Wolves on Saturday to avoid equalling the club's worst winless league run - set some 91 years ago, between 1934 and 1935.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 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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