coequal

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noun

as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value viewing himself as the coequal of the Caesars of ancient Rome, Napoléon surrounded himself with the emblems of classical antiquity

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Recent Examples of coequal
Adjective
The purpose of the pardon is to be used as a check against the other coequal branches of government to protect people from being unfairly punished or having their rights otherwise deprived without due process. Samuel Chambers, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025 But this dynamic accelerates the decline of Congress as a coequal branch of government, further shifting power to the presidency. Casey Burgat, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025 There are three coequal branches of government, and the Harris-Biden administration only controls one — the executive. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024 Congress is a coequal branch of the US government with the executive branch. Joshua Keating, Vox, 26 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for coequal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coequal
Adjective
  • Trump's strategy, however, is pretty much identical to Biden's working around the same assumption—with enough military pressure, the United States can either degrade the Houthis' military capacity to a minor irritant or coerce the group into stopping the attacks altogether.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The iPhone 16 Pro still retails for $1,000—identical to the iPhone X in 2017.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The most far-reaching version of Trump’s strategy would raise the effective, or average, tariff on U.S. imports to about 20%, comparable to the heavy import duties the nation imposed in the 1930s and that contributed to the Great Depression, Zandi said.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
  • There are several solutions Baltimore could implement immediately to fix its open records process, like creating an online request center comparable to most other large cities.
    John Hart, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Slot shares this staple of Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou’s attacking principles, with Porro adept at tucking inside to disrupt the opposition shape.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Social media platforms, podcasts, and Clubhouse discussions have become intellectual hubs where people engage with the works of Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Yuval Harari, and Slavoj Žižek and often with more intensity than their counterparts elsewhere.
    Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In Pachter’s comparison, mobile games are analogous to McDonald’s, while Nintendo is the steakhouse.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The league maintains the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Third, Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits have held that consumers in analogous situations to Salazar suffered no concrete harm when the transmission was non-public.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Another major awards player, the SAG Awards, first introduced a similar category, outstanding performance by a stunt ensemble, in 2007.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The apparel industry can adopt similar practices by integrating real-time data analytics and supplier quality management and enhancing supplier collaboration to reduce lead times and minimize stockouts.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Brown made the Pro Bowl that same season and then another two years later.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
  • That same day, Justin also shared a preview of some shoes from the new brand.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The equivalent figure, for both home and away, was just 10 points — 15th in the league.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In March 2025, Zipline announced that its drones have logged more than 100 million autonomous miles of flight to-date, a number equivalent to flying more than 4,000 loops around the planet, or 200 lunar round trips, the company said in a video to mark the milestone.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Coequal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coequal. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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