equivalent
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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
By 10:24 p.m., the equivalent of 20,000 Olympic swimming pools of water flows out.
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
As he shuffled off, I imagined he was saying the Khotanese equivalent of “good riddance!”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
