equate
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But having a companion who sees everything the same way we do does not necessarily equate to love.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
"That shouldn't equate to a registration on the child protection register that should equal support being put in place to keep that family together."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Now that a mistrial has been declared, that does not equate to an acquittal.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I’m very proud of what I’ve done … but nothing I ever do will equate to what she has accomplished,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Thus we confront a characteristic bent of the ancient mind—that tendency to equate what appears to be with what ought to be, without being distracted along the way with what is.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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Morgan Stanley analyst Stephen Byrd wrote in a Monday note that he expects a U.S. power shortfall of 33 gigawatts, which equates to 34% of chip demand, through 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
In greater Belfast, around 54,000 customers' new tariffs will be effective from 8 October and equates to an extra £12 per month.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
That equates to 48 downstream U.S. jobs for every one job at a smelter — and that includes more than 170 extrusion plants in 36 states.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
This equates to less empty space and more targeted supplies.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
All of which brings us to the key point: the ancients, particularly in the classical period, had no notion that equates exactly with our modern conception of “science.”
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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The mistake, he thinks, is that AI companies have equated writing with tedium.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The sweeping majority of American nonprofits operate with annual budgets under $1 million; the value they got from Microsoft’s free business software equated to about 30 percent of their IT spend, he told me.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Unfortunately, as JPMorgan energy guru Michael Cembalest recently put it, we’re “in divinity school” where rationality is roughly equated with atheism when the subject is climate and energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Rivers equated the no-encampment zones to federal immigration operations in the city, arguing that they enable law enforcement to snatch people off the street without giving them a place to go.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Bobby thought of himself as being totally aware and equated himself with Bhagwan’s concept of the Nietzschean “Superman” who transcends the constraints of society.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Awards voters typically don’t appreciate nuanced acting, too often equating “best” with “most.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
By 2025, as Imagination Library celebrated its 30th anniversary, it had distributed more than 300m books - equating to one book mailed every 78 seconds, according to the organisation.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Adults across the UK spend more than £111 per month on dates and dating apps, equating to more than £1,300 per year, according to research from Barclays in 2025, external,
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Roughly 450 bitcoins are newly minted a day, meaning that institutions are buying approximately 2,700 BTC a day, equating to $220 million-worth using today’s price of $81,543.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
In equating physical beauty with virtue, she stripped her mind, bound it, and collected self-contempt by the heap.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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