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"The journey will be the equivalent to running a marathon - getting out of bed and into an armchair is so tiring," Nic said.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The companies say the deal could create as much as 100 megawatts of capacity, which is roughly equivalent to that of a small power plant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The storm reached "violent typhoon" status, the highest classification used by the Japan Meteorological Agency and roughly equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Each of Nvidia’s coming Vera Rubin servers essentially uses the memory equivalent of 14,500 MacBook Neos.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
It was the equivalent of pulling a frantic all-nighter to get a paper done in college, only Barack was estimating it would take him roughly a couple of months to get the book finished.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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