tantamount
Example Sentences
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Some of Price’s City Council colleagues have said Price’s alleged crimes were tantamount to paperwork errors, and should have been handled by the city’s Ethics Commission.
From Los Angeles Times
The government basically contends that willfully turning a blind eye to something you know is going on is tantamount to not knowing.
From Los Angeles Times
With the latest round of tariff increases, Kiel found, exporters have not cut prices to maintain sales,” which would be tantamount to their paying the tariff costs.
From Los Angeles Times
For Nora, proximity to her “most dearly held, most fiercely hidden, heart’s desires: life, art, motherhood, love”—in short, what Sirena has—is tantamount to having it herself.
For a central bank that is highly data dependent, this is tantamount to flying blind.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
