1
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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2
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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3
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
Joe DaCosta shot an even par 35, while Cam Melone shot a 38 as Hanover (6-2) edged Whitman-Hanson 238-241 in a Patriot League matchup.
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Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Marketing has been quite thrifty on this anime movie, on par with other Crunchyroll titles.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
That price was largely on par with what Fox sought a year earlier, and advertisers moved quickly to snap up inventory at a cost that hadn’t shot up despite tight demand.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The sheets are made of bamboo viscose, which is truly on par with some of the luxury bedding sets in my bedroom.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Sep. 2025
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Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Marketing has been quite thrifty on this anime movie, on par with other Crunchyroll titles.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
That price was largely on par with what Fox sought a year earlier, and advertisers moved quickly to snap up inventory at a cost that hadn’t shot up despite tight demand.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The sheets are made of bamboo viscose, which is truly on par with some of the luxury bedding sets in my bedroom.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for par
Noun
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Since many of Yiwu's products don't meet EU compliance standards, that limits how much businesses can sell to Europe, Monga said.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Roads, bridges, power grids, and water systems fueled industrialization and lifted living standards.—
Maurice Obeid,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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That false equivalence, Sadeghi noted, is part of a broader retrieval problem.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The curators wanted to include pictures of the victims and artifacts on loan from the cities; however, opponents argued these elements were offensive to veterans and portrayed a false moral equivalence between America and Japan’s actions during the war.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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In three major college towns, the median sale price of a home is about $200,000 or less—less than half the national average.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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This growth remains significantly below industry averages.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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To maintain comparability, the weights assigned to these criteria have been held constant.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In ants, hair is one of the criteria that helps differentiate species.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Wilkerson, Wilson said, attended Edison High School in Lake Station and later got her general equivalency diploma through Portage’s adult education program.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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For next gen startups with less invasive or temporary implants, demonstrating clinical equivalency to more expensive implants could usher in more nuanced assessment of value.—
Naveen Rao,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Temperatures will be near seasonal normals today, then cooler than normal again tomorrow.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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After airing the third episode of its 27th season on August 20, a new South Park once again will be absent this week from Comedy Central and Paramount+, and that looks to be the new normal for the rest of the show’s 10-episode run this year.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
25 Aug. 2025
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The fund’s performance in the first seven months of the year — the most recent Boston Partners has made available on its performance — has comfortably outperformed that of the MSCI World Index, which its management team uses as a comparative benchmark index.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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For Unitree, the G1 represents an attempt to rival the achievements of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, long considered the benchmark for agile, dynamic humanoid robots.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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True equality should not equate to carving out exclusive zones that sideline most MBA students and potentially skirt equal opportunity laws.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The protest had additional support from groups connected to climate activism and gender equality, making the event all the more effective.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Par.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/par. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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