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as in standard
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
that last dining experience was not quite up to par
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as in equivalence
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
these California wines are on a par with the best produced in Europe
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as in average
what is typical of a group, class, or series
a pulse of 70 is par for people of that age group
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Recent Examples of par
These numbers are on par with some of the most lightning-prone regions of Africa, where there is little lightning-safe infrastructure or safety education.
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Daile Zhang, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
There have been reports that top executives at the company ignored warnings from engineers and app testers that the new software wasn’t up to par ahead of its May rollout.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 14 Jan. 2025
In California, though the Santa Ana winds and dryness are sometimes par for the course, climate change is leading to fire season starting earlier and ending later, according to CalFire.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The past few years have seen a reprieve from major wildfires like the ones that struck in 2017 and 2018, but this week’s blazes in the Los Angeles area could cause billions of dollars of damage, on par with an event like the Camp Fire.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
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Daile Zhang, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
There have been reports that top executives at the company ignored warnings from engineers and app testers that the new software wasn’t up to par ahead of its May rollout.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 14 Jan. 2025
In California, though the Santa Ana winds and dryness are sometimes par for the course, climate change is leading to fire season starting earlier and ending later, according to CalFire.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The past few years have seen a reprieve from major wildfires like the ones that struck in 2017 and 2018, but this week’s blazes in the Los Angeles area could cause billions of dollars of damage, on par with an event like the Camp Fire.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for par
Noun
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As such, the WHO could respond to Trump and ask what standards would satisfy the president to bring the U.S. back into the fold.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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In the preview, the pair sit on lawn chairs in what looks like the driveway of a suburban home, and discuss the fact that standards prohibit the depiction of alcohol consumption in a TV commercial, which prompts them to start counting down the seconds until the ad will be over.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Her characters, buffeted by the era’s fluctuating currencies, inherited this crisis of equivalence.—
Laurence Scott,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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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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This comes as Philadelphia experiences temperatures nearly 58 percent below the five-year average for this time of year, marking one of the coldest days on record for January 21.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The egg group lost an average of about 18 pounds, while the cereal group lost an average of about 16 pounds.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
21 Jan. 2025
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The executive order signed by the president on Thursday called for the establishment of a working group on digital assets, whose tasks include proposing criteria for a crypto reserve.—
Anna Gleason,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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Discussions have included limiting the total amount students can borrow and tightening eligibility criteria for non-citizens.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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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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Temperatures will once again rise to nearly 20 degrees above seasonal normals.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
30 Oct. 2024
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This includes both the monthly and daily normals of precipitation, temperature, snowfall, heating and cooling degree days, growing-degree days, as well as frost and freeze dates spanning across close to 15,000 different observation sites.—
Meredith Garofalo,
Space.com,
20 Dec. 2024
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The retail space as a whole had a strong run in Q4 2024, however, appearing to close the gap with the major U.S. equity benchmarks.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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By providing traders with tick-by-tick data compared against market benchmarks, Hola Prime empowers them to verify the integrity of pricing and execution.—
Somesh Kapuria,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The King Family’s latest venture debuts on MLK Day as part of the broader ‘Realize the Dream’ initiative—a movement inspired by the civil rights icon’s vision of justice, equality, and love.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
20 Jan. 2025
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Some causes included an end to the Vietnam War; nuclear disarmament; women’s equality; pro-life movement; gay/lesbian rights; freedom for Soviet Jews; fighting against AIDS; the MeToo movement; and support for Israel/denunciation of antisemitism.—
Paul L. Newman,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Par.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/par. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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