equated

past tense of equate
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as in likened
to describe as similar you're being silly when you equate the talent of that pop star with the musical genius of Mozart

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as in balanced
to make equal in amount, degree, or status you'll stop running up debts when you start equating what you spend with what you earn

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Recent Examples of equated The proprietary software used in the documentary shouldn’t be equated with artificial intelligence. Denise Quan, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024 In a meeting last week with the advisory board of the Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Sports at Pepperdine University, some industry executives equated the current state of the AI boom to the beginning of the dot-com boom 20 years ago. Nelson Granados, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024 Investors have equated ETFs with index funds since their inception, even though there are also index mutual funds, experts said. Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024 Fatness has long been culturally equated with a lack of discipline and self-control—a popular and harmful myth—and through Hurley’s arc, the show regularly reinforced that notion. Rebecca Bodenheimer, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equated
Verb
  • The total misstatement to delivery expense for the first half of fiscal 2024 amounted to $9 million, which was adjusted in total during the third quarter of 2024.
    David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Software development has transformed into a sophisticated experimentation lab where customer segments can be precisely targeted, features can be rolled out or adjusted instantly and insights flow continuously.
    Dan Rogers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • The Czechs even opened the scoring in the first leg through her, but Portugal equalized early on in the second half.
    Neel Shelat, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Openda, though, equalized for Belgium before the break.
    Ben Church, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
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  • If employee vehicles help power the system, for example, how are they compensated?
    Tracy Price, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Many have also raised concerns about how AI models are trained and whether intellectual property rights holders and artists are being compensated fairly, or at all, for content digested by the powerful technology.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024

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“Equated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equated. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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