How to Use equivalent in a Sentence

equivalent

adjective

• Those less-known companies manufacture equivalent products at cheaper prices.
• I haven't taken English 202, but I took an equivalent course at another university.
• So an armed agent of the state is not equivalent to a kid on a corner.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2022
• From just over six miles away, the noise was equivalent to a rock concert.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
• The same goes for the claim that banana peel facials are equivalent to Botox.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 8 Feb. 2025
• That one, Rafal (Kit Young) is the Voldemort-equivalent here, though a lot cuter.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
• The separation of church and state is not equivalent to the suppression of the church by the state.
  — Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
• In the event of a losing wager, the new user will get bonus bets equivalent to their stake — up to $1,000.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
• For celebs like Blinken and Bono, the status of wartime power must seem equivalent to cool.
  — Armond White, National Review, 17 May 2024
• The bank said that there had been an outflow equivalent to 6% of assets managed by the group at the end of the third quarter.
  — Reuters, CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
• That's equivalent to about four or five cups of coffee.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• This feathery fringe is the bangs equivalent of wearing a silk robe.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 2 Feb. 2023
• The standing waves are equivalent to a class-three-or-four white-water rapid.
  — Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
• But a pair of 24-inch monitors would take up an equivalent amount of space.
  — Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 6 July 2023
• After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to more than a year and a half in prison, which the court said was equivalent to time spent.
  — Anna Chernova, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
• That's equivalent to the black hole inside our own galaxy, NASA said.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 May 2024
• Other equivalent events such as la Grande Boucle Féminin were held, but these did not last.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Beauty lovers know that a trip to Sephora is equivalent to a kid going to the candy shop.
  — Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 19 Aug. 2022
• The Nets were seeking two first-round picks or equivalent for his services.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
• This value is equivalent to about a quarter of her base salary.
  — Katherine Oung, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
• Is there any sense of an equivalent Protestant guilt that comes out through your own music?
  — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
• In audio book time, that's equivalent to 62 hours and 48 minutes.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
• The brand claims that the light consumes only 10 watts but that its output is equivalent to a 50-watt halogen bulb.
  — Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
• The overall damage was equivalent to around one-third of the federal budget at the time.
  — Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2022
• That’s equivalent to about four sheets of A4 or US letter-size paper.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
• But that’s hardly an equivalent cost for those who don’t want to consent.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• Goldman Sachs says the stricter lending conditions are equivalent to a quarter- to a half-point increase in the Fed rate.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• The idea that that is equivalent, people are waking up to that being a little bit just bonkers.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
• Winds at that strength are equivalent to a tropical storm.
  — Anna Skinner, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
• Charm bracelets are the jewelery equivalent of wearing your heart on your sleeve.
  — Alice Cary, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Feb 2025