as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
rules requiring that there be parity in what schools spend on men's and women's sports
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Recent Examples of parity
For years, companies have hired women at near-parity but refused to promote them.
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Katica Roy, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Five years ago, the MLS valuation gap was 2x, and fit more closely with the league’s desire for parity via its salary cap.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 10 Feb. 2026
For a league that’s hellbent on parity, the NFL sure has a funny way of showing it.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Unlike Milwaukee, Denver has not faded from the mix of contenders at any point in this unprecedented era of NBA parity.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
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Katica Roy, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Five years ago, the MLS valuation gap was 2x, and fit more closely with the league’s desire for parity via its salary cap.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 10 Feb. 2026
For a league that’s hellbent on parity, the NFL sure has a funny way of showing it.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Unlike Milwaukee, Denver has not faded from the mix of contenders at any point in this unprecedented era of NBA parity.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parity
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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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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Intersectionality within specific communities must also be considered in any conversation about racial equality.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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French Gates now runs her own foundation, Pivotal Philanthropies, focused on gender equality and global health.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Parity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parity. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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