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equalize

[ee-kwuh-lahyz] / ˈi kwəˌlaɪz /


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It’s relatively easy to equalize the inheritance for your sons, even if you make gifts during your lifetime.

From MarketWatch Jan. 12, 2026

To equalize its share with the US dollar, gold prices would need to rise to $5,790 per ounce, assuming no change in gold holdings.

From Barron's Oct. 17, 2025

At six months of age, the number of nanotubes in normal mice and those with Alzheimer's disease began to equalize.

From Science Daily Oct. 16, 2025

The first few years of elementary school, Pavri said, present a real opportunity to equalize learning for young children.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2024

Once more through the plan: Use the manual valves to equalize the airlock.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

“This rule, at least to a certain degree, equalizes the workforce that way,’’ says Amanda Sonneborn, an employment lawyer at King & Spalding.

From Seattle Times Nov. 5, 2021

Some philosophers, such as Jeremy Bentham, have suggested that it’s our capacity to suffer that equalizes us.

From The New Yorker Jan. 6, 2020

Fresh flour is considered “unstable,” Hutchison explained, and oxidation equalizes it and makes it more stable and consistent.

From Washington Times Jul. 10, 2016

Toward the most generous end of the spectrum are companies like Facebook, which equalizes paid leave, offering men and women four months.

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2015

What linguists call speech rate — the number of speech sounds per second — equalizes.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

That streak ended when Belgium’s Charles De Ketelaere equalized with a header just before halftime at Sofi Stadium.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Argentina went ahead two minutes into extra time on a strike from Lisandro Martinez, but Cape Verde equalized in the 103rd minute with a curving effort from Sidny Lopes Cabral.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

Atlanta's Tyler Allgeier scored on a two-yard run only 2:45 into the game but Buffalo equalized just 4:14 later on Allen's 19-yard touchdown pass to Dawson Knox.

From Barron's Oct. 14, 2025

Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center at the VA St. Louis Health Care System, and his colleagues expected to find that the two respiratory diseases had finally equalized.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2024

Although our food was not yet equalized, African prisoners would occasionally receive bread in the morning.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“A life-insurance policy can be specifically purchased to provide a cash payout to the non-business child, effectively equalizing their inheritance without burdening the business or the child taking it over,” it says.

From MarketWatch Mar. 6, 2026

Whether or not Altman is a true believer in A.I.’s equalizing powers, he’s talking his book.

From Slate Feb. 10, 2026

“Science is the greatest equalizing force in the world,” Yaghi said Wednesday during an interview with Nobelprize.org.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

It is also, in some ways, an equalizing force.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2025

“My thought was that if you know how to keep tissue alive there must be some way of equalizing the reserve supply to the area of the throat and face.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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