- present participle of equal.
equalling
Example Sentences
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A win over Brighton on Saturday would have given the Gunners a club-record equalling eighth consecutive win in all competitions to start the season.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
On September 2, the southwestern municipality of El Granado reached 45.7C, equalling the temperature record for the month and marking the highest temperature in Spain this year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
City paid £125m – equalling the British transfer record - to reunite former Chelsea manager Maresca with Enzo Fernandez, having already paid £116m to sign England midfielder Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
France boss Didier Deschamps is one win away from equalling the record for most wins as a manager at the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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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