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equate

[ih-kweyt] / ɪˈkweɪt /


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Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, on Monday appeared to equate all short selling with market manipulation, prompting traders to say that prosecutors misunderstood the activity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Duke: Resulting is when you equate the quality of an outcome with the quality of the decision that produced it.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

With 16 columns and nine sections, that would equate to 1,152 names engraved on each wall - bringing it to a total of 2,304 across both memorial walls.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

That drop would equate to the disappearance of the entire Moreno Valley Unified School District, which is one of the 25 largest school systems in the state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Traditional histories like to equate Beethoven, the colossus of music in the early 1800s, with his contemporary Napoleon Bonaparte, revolutionary-turned-Emperor and serial military adventurer.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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