as in equivalence
the consideration of two or more things as equal
The speech deftly made an equation between the values of self-sacrifice and those of patriotism.
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Recent Examples of equation
With a strike removed from the equation, at least in the short term, those extra costs won’t be implemented.
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William Gavin, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2025
Running an Ethernet cable between the nodes will take a big chunk of wireless congestion out of the equation, Netgear says.
—Tom Brant, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
And a big part of that equation is the stadium and everything else around it.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
Another factor in the equation is that the numbers listed above are only the public works and municipal numbers.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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William Gavin, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2025
Running an Ethernet cable between the nodes will take a big chunk of wireless congestion out of the equation, Netgear says.
—Tom Brant, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
And a big part of that equation is the stadium and everything else around it.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
Another factor in the equation is that the numbers listed above are only the public works and municipal numbers.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equation
Noun
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The Madness can traffic in false equivalences—a common pitfall of political fiction that values moderation as an end in itself.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
28 Nov. 2024
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There cannot be this false moral equivalence in our discourse.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Additionally, the use of Cold War–era analogies—or even analogies from the war in Ukraine—might go out the window if the United States decided to deploy troops to defend Taiwan.—
Michael Poznansky,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Jan. 2025
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Newton used the analogy of a cannonball, fired horizontally, following a similar curve back down to the ground.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Leaving prison with $20 and a high school equivalency certificate, Fauteck straightened up.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Sanchez earned his high school equivalency while in prison and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Central Florida in 2017.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Equation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equation. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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