as in analogous
equal to something in value, meaning, or effect
His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt. They see any criticism of the President as tantamount to treason.
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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantamount
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In a typical breeding pair, one bird has two copies of the standard version, analogous to the XX genotype in humans.—
Donna L. Maney,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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For example, the ocean being an extension of our lungs, also the tides, the currents as kind of analogous to a circulatory system, circulating the nutrients around the body of the Earth, etc.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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Pew previously conducted two similar studies in 2007 and 2014 using a different methodology than the current study; some measures in the poll are not comparable to previous studies.—
Jennifer Agiesta,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Still, whether productions opt to shoot in California at historically comparable levels will depend on changes to the program outside of the increase to its cap.—
Katie Kilkenny,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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Though these drinks are exiting stage left, there are drinks with similar tastes and flavors that will remain.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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For similar taxpayers living in the United States, the numbers are $50,000 and $75,000, respectively.—
Nana Ama Sarfo,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Meta’s need for new nuclear power, for example, is nearly equivalent to the entire 4.8 gigawatts of generating capacity at the Vogtle plant, enough to power more than 2 million homes and businesses.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2025
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The 625 million acres is roughly equivalent to 976,562.5 square miles.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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