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as in matched
to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)
no one has equaled Shakespeare's plays
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as in meant
to be the same in meaning or effect
being confined to home for a whole weekend would equal a death sentence in the minds of a lot of teens
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as in supplemented
to be the exact counterpart of
in the British system a public school equals an American prep school
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Recent Examples of equaled
That represented 63% growth and equaled about 18% of aggregate revenue.
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Ari Levy, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
Efforts to utilize French Guiana’s vast natural resources ended in disaster on multiple occasions, the jungle interior taking on a reputation perhaps only equaled by Joseph Conrad’s deeply colonial descriptions of the Congo Free State in Heart of Darkness almost a century later.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine equaled or bettered our instruction not only in the Western Hemisphere but elsewhere as in Libya or Iraq.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
Dated, somewhat, however its principles of dressing in a high-low manner have never been equaled.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2024
The Galaxy, who equaled a franchise record with 69 goals in the regular season then scored 15 more in three playoff games, were the unstoppable force.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Silence equaled compliance, and those who stood for nothing would be shamed.
—Doug Melville, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
The yield ultimately equaled the best ever achieved by East Fishkill’s conventional RAM-II production line.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
The Lange 1 Dial Beneath a sapphire crystal is the Lange 1’s pièce de résistance, a dial whose asymmetric layout has since been oft imitated—but never equaled.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
Ari Levy, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
Efforts to utilize French Guiana’s vast natural resources ended in disaster on multiple occasions, the jungle interior taking on a reputation perhaps only equaled by Joseph Conrad’s deeply colonial descriptions of the Congo Free State in Heart of Darkness almost a century later.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine equaled or bettered our instruction not only in the Western Hemisphere but elsewhere as in Libya or Iraq.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
Dated, somewhat, however its principles of dressing in a high-low manner have never been equaled.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2024
The Galaxy, who equaled a franchise record with 69 goals in the regular season then scored 15 more in three playoff games, were the unstoppable force.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Silence equaled compliance, and those who stood for nothing would be shamed.
—Doug Melville, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
The yield ultimately equaled the best ever achieved by East Fishkill’s conventional RAM-II production line.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
The Lange 1 Dial Beneath a sapphire crystal is the Lange 1’s pièce de résistance, a dial whose asymmetric layout has since been oft imitated—but never equaled.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equaled
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The ticket matched the five white balls drawn Monday — 22, 42, 44, 57 and 64 — but did not match the Powerball, 18.Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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While no one took home the jackpot Saturday, tickets in Indiana and New Jersey matched the five numbers and the Power Play to win $2 million and a ticket sold in Illinois matched the five numbers to win $1 million.James Powel, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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While Charlotte won’t be released into the wild, the project was meant to improve his life in the aquarium.Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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In southern Italy, that meant an elaborate fish dinner, as National Geographic noted.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Mega Millions has hit and surpassed the $1 billion mark six times in the game's history, according to Mega Millions.Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Dec. 2024
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Nordstrom did report a third-quarter drop in net earnings, but there were increases in operating profits and sales revenues that surpassed Wall Street expectations.David Moin, WWD, 24 Dec. 2024
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Security guarantees for Ukraine that are directly tied to the cessation of hostilities can advance all three of these objectives.Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
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The grounding comes months after airlines were hit by a global tech outage tied to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform and a software issue at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.Abhijith Ganapavaram and Utkarsh Shetti, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
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Hansen suggested that practicing mindfulness strategies can help determine whether social media is causing stress or fostering connection.Peter Suciu, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Earlier scholars suggested the monument was a temple, a calendar or an observatory.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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But, if the industry works together on a transformational model with transparency at its core – and then that model gets emulated in other industries – that will go a long way toward reversing the detrimental trends of business as usual.Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Even Hong Kong, which for more than two years had emulated mainland China in maintaining stringent border controls, has decided to end all hotel quarantine requirements for international arrivals.Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
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“Equaled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equaled. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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