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equivalent

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




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The annual premium is equivalent to 0.24% of the policy’s face amount.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The poem, Envoi in Chalk, appeared in a Junior Cycle English exam – the Irish equivalent of GCSEs.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Ingredion offered the equivalent of $7.94 for each Tate & Lyle share, a 59% premium to the last closing price before takeover talks were disclosed last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Reminding us of the messy yet necessary work of grassroots activism, the play administered the equivalent of a political oxygen mask.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Sitting with those magazines, it was as if he were studying the chess equivalent of Plutarch’s lives of the Roman generals or Vasari’s lives of the artists.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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