equivalent
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The technology behind WhatsApp's incognito mode is not the same as the end-to-end encryption the platform uses to protect other messages, but it is "the equivalent," Cathcart added.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
"Viruses are so, so clever. Their entire genome is equivalent to about one mRNA sequence in humans, yet they are so effective," Koirala says.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
The equivalent figure for Scotland was 149 and England and Wales was 140.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The agency alleged that the former chief adviser was part of a group that used the equivalent of around $9 million in illegally-obtained funds to build four luxury mansions in the Kyiv region.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
In 1964, the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America rocked Alaska with 200,000 megatons of concentrated might, the equivalent of 2,000 nuclear bombs.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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