as in equivalence
the consideration of two or more things as equal
The speech deftly made an equation between the values of self-sacrifice and those of patriotism.
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Recent Examples of equation
On the positive side, there isn't too much panic on the credit side of the equation yet for the sector, according to one banker, with revolving lines of credit not yet being drawn.
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Seema Mody, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
What has gone somewhat overlooked in the Giannis equation is Milwaukee potentially insisting on a trade partner, in essence, taking out the trash.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
In those cases, taxes become part of the cost-benefit equation, but are not a deal-breaker.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
So as always, a new equation will emerge, and that will be led by the artists and likely powered by them as well.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
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Seema Mody, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
What has gone somewhat overlooked in the Giannis equation is Milwaukee potentially insisting on a trade partner, in essence, taking out the trash.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
In those cases, taxes become part of the cost-benefit equation, but are not a deal-breaker.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
So as always, a new equation will emerge, and that will be led by the artists and likely powered by them as well.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equation
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
Noun
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Baseball has a lot of good analogies for fatherhood, even if most of them break down rather quickly.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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That’s the American analogy, where the traditional governing elite of one of the great parties of much of the country committed itself to something not just in the defense of slavery, but to slavery-plus, fortified and amplified by treason.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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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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“Equation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equation. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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