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equivalent

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




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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

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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