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That’s the equivalent of about 30% of GM’s overall market capitalization, Narayan said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
The company is expected to report $28 billion in revenue on Wednesday, roughly equivalent to what the company raked in a year earlier, according to FactSet data.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Quarterly output of 7.51 petajoules equivalent was a record for the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Once microglia become activated and disrupt sleep, additional plaque accumulation may not necessarily produce an equivalent increase in sleep loss.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Sometimes there are no clues at all about what she was doing—the equivalent of radio silence.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Chief Executive Kris Licht figured they were talking about China’s equivalents of Amazon.com and Walmart+.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Unlike their land-based equivalents, their ability to float means they can be towed to different locations.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Yields on U.K. government bonds fell, tracking their U.S. equivalents, as market focus was on the U.S. inflation data due on Thursday and Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
After more than three months of burning that year, Indonesia's fires had emitted 1.75 billion tons of greenhouse gas equivalents -- more than Japan emits in an entire year.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
He simply handed the matter to his superiors, who conferred with their equivalents at Deutsche Bank, and finally agreed to wire over $600 million.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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