as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
as long as there's a rough equivalency in the armaments of the two countries, neither is likely to attack the other
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Recent Examples of equivalency
The Collegiate Consulting study focuses largely on branding and visibility through a metric known as advertising value equivalency (AVE), which measures how much advertising would cost with equivalent exposure.
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Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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
As at many schools, CAMP at Millersville is also linked with programs that help migrant students earn their high school equivalency diplomas, known as HEP.
—Jordan Owens, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
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Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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
As at many schools, CAMP at Millersville is also linked with programs that help migrant students earn their high school equivalency diplomas, known as HEP.
—Jordan Owens, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivalency
Noun
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By the time officials identified the problem, QTS had consumed more than 29 million gallons, the equivalence of 44 Olympic-sized swimming pools, a volume that far exceeded the peak usage limit agreed to during the project’s planning process.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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In this conceptual system, there is also an equivalence between the duties of various tribes—defense, sustenance, healing—and the overall balance of nature, in which each animal plays its part.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Last year, research by King’s College London and Ipsos found that Gen Z men in 30 nations were far more likely than male Baby Boomers to say that the fight for women’s equality had gone so far that men were now disadvantaged.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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The Miami Dolphins’ first season was only two years after President Lyndon Johnson’s signature made racial equality (theoretically) the law of the land.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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“Equivalency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalency. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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