equate to
phrasal verb
equated to; equating to; equates to
: to be the same as or similar to (something) : to equal
Disagreement doesn't equate to disloyalty.
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Gallup reports that each one-point drop in engagement equates to roughly 1.6 million workers, amounting to the loss of engagement across 8 million employees since 2020, including 3.2 million since 2023 alone.
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Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The semiconductor company had previously disclosed its intentions to cut 20% of its global workforce, which would equate to 21,000 workers worldwide.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
Nationwide, that equates to Americans eating a minimum of 5,61 billion pounds of fries each year.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Yields move inversely to prices, so the market’s recent weakness equates to higher yields.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 10 July 2025
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Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
The semiconductor company had previously disclosed its intentions to cut 20% of its global workforce, which would equate to 21,000 workers worldwide.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
Nationwide, that equates to Americans eating a minimum of 5,61 billion pounds of fries each year.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Yields move inversely to prices, so the market’s recent weakness equates to higher yields.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 10 July 2025
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“Equate to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equate%20to. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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