tantamount

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Recent Examples of tantamount Meta's fact-checking partners are rebutting Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion on Tuesday that their work is tantamount to censorship. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025 Image With Russian forces holding the initiative on the battlefield, President Vladimir V. Putin has rejected any settlement short of a deal that would be tantamount to Ukrainian surrender. Marc Santora, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 This wide variety of rights holders are alleging that AI companies have used their work to train what are often highly lucrative and powerful AI models in a manner that is tantamount to theft. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024 To protest that ‘The Insider’ is a dramatization, as if drama is automatically tantamount to falseness, is ridiculous. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tantamount 
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Adjective
  • New York’s analogous legislation targeted algorithms that recommend content to kids, presumably to reduce the allure of these platforms.
    Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Such tests can offer a far more scientific way of checking a person's lineage, and new research suggests an analogous ancestry test for black holes.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Mitchell, who is averaging 23.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists on 40 percent shooting from 3-point range, has comparable numbers to Garland but a much higher profile.
    Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Buckle’s limited store count expansion to 445 locations by September 2024 (from 440 in 2021) has had a minimal impact on revenue growth, which is instead driven primarily by comparable store sales.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The post quickly drew responses from other travelers sharing similar frustrations.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
  • While its thousands of mini LED clusters can't provide the same contrast as MicroLED’s millions of lights, its similar potency provides the same striking brightness alongside remarkable color accuracy.
    Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The album moved a little less than 13,700 equivalent units in the past tracking period across the country.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • From Zero debuted at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart dated Nov. 30, 2024, and has earned 266,000 equivalent album units to date.
    Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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