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Duke University economist Matthias Kehrig calculated that for lower-income commuters, the $1 rise in gas prices in the past month is equivalent to 2% of income.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

That is even after Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, shaving as much as 16 million barrels from daily petroleum supplies, equivalent to 15% of prewar demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Foden was tireless, but this was England's equivalent of an ill-fitting square peg in a round hole.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In Paris, for example, the average price per gallon hit the equivalent of $10.27 this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

A key part of philosophy, as that discipline was inherited from Aristotle and taught in the universities, was the study of nature—‘nature’ coming from the Latin word natura, for which the Greek equivalent is physis.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton