be equal to

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You also have to have enough combined earned income to be equal to or exceeding the total contributions you both make.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

Now there is the sense he doesn’t really care, that the old parchment may not be equal to the demands of the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

In his early life he was considered to be equal to Leonardo da Vinci, and was commissioned to paint the walls of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Palace in Rome.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

Three years ago, Google vowed to reach “net-zero” — where its emissions of greenhouse gases would be equal to what it removed — by 2030.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

Whatever's waiting for us out there, we'll have to be equal to it, or we'll die.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir