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as in standard
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
that last dining experience was not quite up to par
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as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
these California wines are on a par with the best produced in Europe
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as in average
what is typical of a group, class, or series
a pulse of 70 is par for people of that age group
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Recent Examples of par
The surgery, called a pars plana vitrectomy with air tamponade, is commonly performed to fix retina tears or detachments by replacing part of the vitreous fluid inside the eye with air, thereby allowing the eye to maintain its shape in your skull after a portion has been removed.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
The quote for the dog is on par with the average rate cited by the North American Pet Health Insurance Association in 2023 (the most recent period for which data is available).
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
The 26% is on par with what men’s basketball teams received the first year the performance units program was established.
—Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Annual figures for this category finished on par with the prior year, at 10,154 shoot days.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
The quote for the dog is on par with the average rate cited by the North American Pet Health Insurance Association in 2023 (the most recent period for which data is available).
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
The 26% is on par with what men’s basketball teams received the first year the performance units program was established.
—Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Annual figures for this category finished on par with the prior year, at 10,154 shoot days.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for par
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In the preview, the pair sit on lawn chairs in what looks like the driveway of a suburban home, and discuss the fact that standards prohibit the depiction of alcohol consumption in a TV commercial, which prompts them to start counting down the seconds until the ad will be over.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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As such, the WHO could respond to Trump and ask what standards would satisfy the president to bring the U.S. back into the fold.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Her characters, buffeted by the era’s fluctuating currencies, inherited this crisis of equivalence.—
Laurence Scott,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Madness can traffic in false equivalences—a common pitfall of political fiction that values moderation as an end in itself.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
28 Nov. 2024
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Zoom in: Georgians paid an average of $2,815 annually in 2024, which is also higher than the national average of $2,313.—
Axios,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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Heartland: Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, plus parts of Nebraska and South Dakota Expect a warm spring, especially in the north (3 degrees Fahrenheit above average in April) and below normal rainfall.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Discussions have included limiting the total amount students can borrow and tightening eligibility criteria for non-citizens.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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The executive order signed by the president on Thursday called for the establishment of a working group on digital assets, whose tasks include proposing criteria for a crypto reserve.—
Anna Gleason,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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Correlating the removal of a platform’s fact-checking with benefits to creators such as lower likelihood of a shadow ban—as Lessin does—could very well be a false equivalency, given the algorithms determining content distribution have never been transparent in the first place.—
Cherie Brooke Luo,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Another owner has a high school equivalency diploma.—
Mercedes Lilienthal,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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This shared success and positive environment helps significantly with common feelings of being alone and isolated, especially in this new normal of remote/hybrid work environments and cultures.—
Mark Cunningham,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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By that point, the hotel had settled into its temporary new normal: hosting a revolving door of first-time guests while the city pauses its social calendar that would typically lead a starrier clientele to events there, especially at the height of awards season.—
Krystie Lee Yandoli,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2025
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One of the most prominent examples of this came in August 2024, when the BLS released its preliminary benchmark revisions of employment data for the 12 months ended in March 2024.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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The game will include ray-traced global illumination and reflections, along with an in-game benchmark tool.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Generations later, the fight for equality would be aided during President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal era by his Irish-American attorney general, Frank Murphy, who established the Civil Rights Unit of the Department of Justice.—
Jay Mwamba,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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This systemic lack of guidance remains a barrier to equality, with women 24% less likely than men to get advice from senior leaders, and for women of color, the gap is even wider, with nearly 60% never having had an informal interaction with a senior leader.—
Erin Grau,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Par.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/par. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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