How to Use equate in a Sentence
equate
verb- You shouldn't equate those two things.
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Ads need viewers to make money, so getting your audiences to watch longer equates directly to profits.
— David Bloom, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 -
The vampire drones wreaked havoc on unprepared Russian troops who had come to equate darkness with protection.
— David Axe, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 -
The new rate would equate to 10 percent of the full value of the item.
— Dana Givens, Robb Report, 22 July 2022 -
The sum would equate to roughly 2% of Musk's net wealth.
— Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 7 Nov. 2021 -
So many of us equate our salaries and pay with our worth.
— Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022 -
And this, in turn, will equate to more long-term success.
— Tyler Martin, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021 -
That would equate to over 1,000 marten in a three-month season.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022 -
There was also the size chart, which equated the largest size (3XL) to a US 14.
— Sarah Chiwaya, refinery29.com, 25 July 2024 -
That equates to about 1.7 million seniors in the Old North State.
— By Victor Skinner | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2023 -
The seats filled a bit as the evening went along, although no one would equate this with a major crowd.
— Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2022 -
That would equate to a sky-high net profit margin of 65%.
— Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 -
In the same song, Drake equates his success with Michael Jackson’s.
— Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024 -
Some equate it to a mash-up of a kiwi, a pear, and a watermelon.
— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2023 -
Your wife is wrong to equate your choice in eyewear with your regard for her.
— Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 5 Mar. 2022 -
But nobody tried to equate Democrats' rhetoric, people that say...
— CBS News, 30 Oct. 2022 -
The standard chargers equate to a roughly five-hour charge time.
— Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 1 Dec. 2021 -
But in games, there is a tendency to equate the new with better.
— WIRED, 22 June 2023 -
One more time for the people in the back: The hymen does not equate to virginity!
— SELF, 25 Feb. 2022 -
Though strength doesn’t always equate to size, our list of the strongest breeds tends to overlap with the best large dog breeds.
— Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022 -
Crosby does not equate her predicament to the one Meyers faced.
— Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021 -
Palm Trees isn’t equating these boys, who are Lea’s age, with the older men in this story.
— K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2023 -
No one should be equating the button in her office with the one in Matt Lauer’s, either.
— Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024 -
Even though the Rays put up just four runs and had just five hits, the Sox’ recent brand of baseball just doesn’t equate to winning.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022 -
The Princess seems to equate being a badass with vengeance and restoring old orders (but this time with a woman in charge).
— Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2022 -
The oil and gas industry also equates for a large portion of the state's workforce.
— Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024 -
Many students don’t equate sleeping on a friend’s couch while in high school with not having a home.
— Cheryl Winokur Munk, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022 -
Blue, who also has a two-year-old daughter, equates the pain to labor.
— Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023 -
Zelenskyy equated Russia’s goals in Ukraine with those of the Nazis.
— Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023 -
On the one hand, that tends to equate to higher sales numbers as customers are turned over quickly.
— Nicole Haase, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2022
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