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equivalent

[ih-kwiv-uh-luhnt, ee-kwuh-vey-luhnt] / ɪˈkwɪv ə lənt, ˌi kwəˈveɪ lənt /




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It is feasible that the winning team will have had to travel a distance the equivalent to the diameter of the Earth.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, earlier this spring, the U.S. government declassified another batch of UFO files and the response was roughly equivalent to a collective shrug.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Currently, TensorWave has three operational data centers, in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Florida, with computing capacity at the equivalent of 10,000 megawatts of electrical power, which is a relatively small amount.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The company lost $4.6 billion in 2023, $4.9 billion in 2025, and $4.3 billion just in the first three months of this year — equivalent to $2 million per hour.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

There was no sugarcoating the fact that Dad’s skills in the kitchen were the equivalent of mine at keeping a clean room.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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