equated; equating
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: to treat, represent, or regard as equal, equivalent, or comparable
equates disagreement with disloyalty
: to correspond as equal
Examples of equate in a Sentence
You shouldn't equate those two things.
a value system that equates money with success
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Visibility bias The tendency to equate being seen with being productive creates a powerful impression when managers observe employees responding to emails at 11 PM or joining weekend calls.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
If that deadline isn't met, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will be tasked with developing new regulations that equate U.S. drug prices with lower costs paid in other countries.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 21 May 2025
Reali is a passionate guy and is understandably disappointed the program is signing off Friday afternoon, but to equate this game show — where points are awarded for takes — in any way with journalism is one of the problems that has developed in media over the 23 years of ATH.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Crockford agrees, saying that the evidence so far does not justify equating chimp calls with human words and sentences.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 12 May 2025
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
If that deadline isn't met, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will be tasked with developing new regulations that equate U.S. drug prices with lower costs paid in other countries.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 21 May 2025
Reali is a passionate guy and is understandably disappointed the program is signing off Friday afternoon, but to equate this game show — where points are awarded for takes — in any way with journalism is one of the problems that has developed in media over the 23 years of ATH.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Crockford agrees, saying that the evidence so far does not justify equating chimp calls with human words and sentences.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 12 May 2025
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“Equate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equate. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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