tantamount
Example Sentences
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Out of the blocks quickly in a section that is tantamount to a sprint.
From BBC
The stock market has recovered from so many difficulties that some sophisticated investors view hedging as tantamount to burning money.
From Barron's
But the Dodgers haven’t had a happy moment since winning that 18-inning Game 3 epic that a lot of romantics seemed to believe was tantamount to clinching.
"All these things the insurers say sound reasonable, but are tantamount to saying disabled people are an unusual case, and that their lives are inherently riskier."
From BBC
Some American lawmakers say the killings are tantamount to extrajudicial executions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
