as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
it's absurd to suggest that there's an equality in the evil committed by the Nazis and the crimes of the government of that Asian country
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Recent Examples of equality
By fighting for fairness and equality, while simultaneously asking us to care for others with compassion and empathy (sharing this with our frenemies and nemeses will be hard, but valuable in teaching them to be kind).
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 30 Jan. 2026
My neighbor friends, Scott and Dwayne, contribute regularly to the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest civil rights organization, working to achieve LGBTQ equality and influencing legislation on the federal, state and local level.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2026
The movie is happy to have Linda commit acts of brutality to preserve her place on top, but what is true equality if not allowing your anti-heroine to be in all ways just as monstrously self-interested as the men?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
She's dedicated to uplifting other Black writers, particularly in an industry that has a long way to go toward real equality.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 30 Jan. 2026
My neighbor friends, Scott and Dwayne, contribute regularly to the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest civil rights organization, working to achieve LGBTQ equality and influencing legislation on the federal, state and local level.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2026
The movie is happy to have Linda commit acts of brutality to preserve her place on top, but what is true equality if not allowing your anti-heroine to be in all ways just as monstrously self-interested as the men?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
She's dedicated to uplifting other Black writers, particularly in an industry that has a long way to go toward real equality.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equality
Noun
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If antimatter ignored the weak equivalence principle, the atoms might have drifted upward, repelled by Earth.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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This is a telling, inauspicious equivalence.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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At first, though, there was little doubt in the North that there was no moral equivalency of cause with the South.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Equality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equality. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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