How to Use equal in a Sentence

equal

1 of 3 adjective

• The play combines tragedy and comedy in equal measure.
• We divided the profits into three equal shares.
• We need to have equal academic standards for male and female students.
• The opposing candidate has demanded equal time on television.
• The fractions 1/2 and 2/4 are equal.
• To make two loaves, cut the dough into three equal pieces.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
• Still, the market’s gains are far from being equal across the board.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
• In a pinch, it can be made by mixing equal parts milk and cream.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2024
• The beauty of this gloss is that its equal parts makeup and skin care.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 28 Dec. 2023
• Using the reference frame of the ball, there are two equal forces.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
• Less supply of crude would raise its price, all else equal.
  — Stan Choe, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• First, if the boat is floating, then the upward buoyancy must be equal to the weight of the boat.
  — WIRED, 28 July 2023
• Under the First Amendment, all speech is equal before the state.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• All lives are not equal in the eyes of the Biden administration.
  — Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
• Yet, sadly, there is such a long way to go to achieve unity and equal justice.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
• Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces and roll them into balls.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
• One stream is one credit—one equal piece of the pot that’s shared among everyone.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• What about people who say that, all else being equal, the flow of people to the border is a good thing?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
  — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
• The banding at the ankles gives the legs a laidback balloon effect that makes the pants equal parts relaxed and stylish.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2024
• To date, 29 guns have been seized at National — equal to the number found during all of last year.
  — Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• The oversized fit, frayed raw hem, and button-down design are equal parts laidback and trendy.
  — Amanda Oliver, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• The new sales channel had quickly become for them equal parts blessing and curse.
  — Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
• At the urban apiary on the rooftop of the Hilton hotel in McLean, Virginia, the harvest goes to the kitchen and bar, where it’s mixed with equal parts warm water.
  — Noah Lederman, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
• There's also the cash option, a one-time, lump sum payment equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 10 July 2023
• There's also the cash option, a one-time, lump-sum payment equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 July 2023
• Tough, comedic, and raunchy in equal measure, Sexyy Red made frankness sound like the only option.
  — David Renshaw, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2023
• But even among the crammed rows of the coach cabin, not all seats are born equal—there are some that are simply better than others.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2023
• You could be forgiven for thinking all aces are equal — worth four points apiece.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Somers had wanted a pay hike that would put her on equal standing with her male costar, Ritter, but was denied.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024

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equal

2 of 3 noun

• We are all equals here.
• I consider him my equal.
• The majesty of the law treats all as equals, regardless of wealth.
  — Cincinnati.com, 24 May 2017
• In one realm, at least, Tim Tebow is the equal of Michael Jordan.
  — Si Wire, SI.com, 22 May 2017
• But in terms of number of goals alone, these two are...equals.
  — SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
• In those days, Al Jazeera was more than the first among equals in the Arab public sphere.
  — Marc Lynch, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
• After years atop the hill, our hero Wrangler has an equal for the throne.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 July 2021
• The total of four equals last year’s total for the short fall meeting.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2019
• But in the surf, men and women had always ridden as equals, on the same waves.
  — Mindy Pennybacker, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2023
• Rachel Bowman is first among equals on the women’s team.
  — Ben Lowy, Smithsonian, 23 May 2018
• Osakans are down-to-earth and see each other as equals.
  — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2019
• First among equals is Cranston’s Chief, a street dog whose impulse is to bite any hand that feeds him.
  — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• But in this battle, like many others to come, the women were not equals.
  — USA Today, 26 Feb. 2020
• First among equals was Austin Slater, who tripled and homered in his 2019 debut.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2019
• For pie-in-the-sky claims, Soviet leaders had few equals.
  — Miriam Matthews, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2018
• These things happened at Carb Day, where the old and new are beautiful equals.
  — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2018
• That someone regards you and treats you as an equal is the first square on the board of finding a partner or friend.
  — Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2020
• The folding chair has the uncanny ability to render the crowd in any room a group of equals.
  — Tyler Watamanuk, Curbed, 3 May 2018
• According to the show, these two weren't creative equals but rather Gwen was the backbone to Bob's genius.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2019
• And, for those who aren't huge sports fans, football equals tailgate food like buffalo wings and all the dips.
  — Melissa Minton, Bon Appetit, 12 Oct. 2017
• Among the rules: Everyone will be equals, and there will be no violence.
  — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
• Trump has suggested that the United States and Russia are moral equals.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2017
• Mattis holds a position that is not even first among equals.
  — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 6 Oct. 2017
• Together, the two set about to make a movie in which music and film would coexist as equals.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
• Every man or woman can run a race, but the blocks are designed to turn that race into a contest of equals.
  — Janelle Peters, The Atlantic, 26 May 2017
• The Cardinals don’t have an equal for Hillmon, but Engstler could draw the heart of the Michigan defense out to the perimeter.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2022
• The fact that these leaders keep meeting is a testament to their hope to find common ground – among equals.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2018
• The bread cart is almost the equal of Robuchon’s, while the wine list is half again as large, not quite as expensive, and very well chosen.
  — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
• Orange Shirt Day is a day to remember that people weren't always treated as equals.
  — Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
• That one day all Israelis can see us as their equals—as people who need to live on our own land, in safety and prosperity, and build a future.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023

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equal

3 of 3 verb

• See if you can equal that!
• No one can equal him in chess.
• Nothing can ever equal that experience.
• These five records that meant a lot to me, put in a blender, equals this.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2023
• On a seven-day cruise, $300 could equal about five drinks a day.
  — Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• So the wind farm will equal about 1/3 of the nuclear plant’s output.
  — Diana Furchtgott-Roth, National Review, 13 Nov. 2023
• The prize equals the fourth-largest Mega Millions jackpot to date.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2023
• That’s a clash of the titans that should equal ratings heaven.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• Think of amp hours like the volume of a gas tank—a bigger number equals more gas.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2023
• So, in a world where cost equals price times quantity, the price may be the same or lower.
  — Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The merch sales could equal the annual revenue of a small state.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2023
• The Cowboys are striving to equal that record this season.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
• Less heat equals less damage, which is always a win in our book.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• In a workforce the size of the U.S.’s that can equal several million workers.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
• Why do employers think freelance equals full time, all the time?
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Three years at 6% plus three years at 0% equals about 3% for six years, quite reasonable.
  — Readers, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2023
• While that equals the lunar distance from the Earth, the moon was nowhere near its position at that point.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
• The 14 consecutive wins equals the all-time school record.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
• According to the New York Times, a farmer could sell one egg for a penny or 12 for a shilling (which equaled 12 pennies).
  — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
• Each game played by a conference in March Madness equals one unit.
  — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2023
• Mushroom math: 8 ounces whole mushrooms equals 3 cups sliced or chopped.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2023
• The purchase of a $5 birthday gift equals one entry, and a $20 birthday gift equals five entries.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2023
• Gudas’ goal was his sixth of the season, equaling a career high.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• Many of the cocktails are seasonal and range from $9 to $13 per can or bottle (which equals about two cocktails).
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• That cannot be underscored enough: High income does not equal wealth.
  — Nicole Pullen Ross, Fortune, 30 June 2023
• Healthy soil equals thriving plants that will be more resistant to pests and diseases.
  — Lauren David, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
• Plus, the Telluride equals the Grand Highlander for cargo storage behind the third row.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 8 Sep. 2023
• For example, problem 24 asks for the value of aha if aha plus one-seventh of aha equals 19.
  — Peter Schumer, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
• Valid signatures must come from at least five different counties and in those counties must equal at least 1% of the last vote for governor.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
• But states also need to enhance their footprint (whether through capabilities or funding) in Antarctica, where presence equals power.
  — Elizabeth Buchanan, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024