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equivalence

[ih-kwiv-uh-luhns, ee-kwuh-vey-luhns] / ɪˈkwɪv ə ləns, ˌi kwəˈveɪ ləns /


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You would have to go back to Handel’s 42 operas, Mozart’s 22 or Verdi’s oeuvre for operatic equivalence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

This functional equivalence is illustrated in the accompanying chart.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

"More problematically, matching adversaries' tone risks creating equivalence in audiences' minds between democratic institutions and disinformation actors."

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Self-exoneration through false moral equivalence by public figures is as old as time itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

All well and good, but for our purposes these otherwise-valuable insights are mere subplots almost designed to carry us down side trails while blithely humming a tune about the rough equivalence of forests and trees.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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