- present tense form of equate (3rd person singular).
equates
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That means Musk’s fortune equates to roughly 3.1% of the entire national economy — a higher percentage than any American before him.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
For example, Rainmaker's 19 million gallons equates to around 0.01 inch of rain across 100 square miles.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Constellation’s stock is rising sharply following a deal that equates to as much power as would be supplied by a new nuclear reactor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
Michael Frayn, in an afterword to his play Copenhagen, notes that several words in German–Unsicherheit, Unschärfe, Unbestimmtheit–have been used by various translators, but that none quite equates to the English uncertainty.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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