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
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.
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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
As secretary of state, Rubio could run point on devising additional economic sanctions on Cuba, increasing funding for dissidents and pro-democracy programs that Havana considers tantamount to regime change, and further restricting US travel to Cuba.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Overcoming this challenge means confronting the fact that American democracy is constrained, if not torpedoed, by a campaign finance system that is tantamount to legalized bribery.
—Nancy Okail, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
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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
As secretary of state, Rubio could run point on devising additional economic sanctions on Cuba, increasing funding for dissidents and pro-democracy programs that Havana considers tantamount to regime change, and further restricting US travel to Cuba.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Overcoming this challenge means confronting the fact that American democracy is constrained, if not torpedoed, by a campaign finance system that is tantamount to legalized bribery.
—Nancy Okail, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantamount
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The table lamp adds an analogous touch by pairing colors that are next to each other on the color wheel: yellow and orange.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2025
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Top 10 Center Fielders There is no other MLB team in the Toronto media market, so Guerrero's situation will not be perfectly analogous to the precedents set by Soto and Ohtani.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Greenland's area is more comparable to that of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is still slightly larger.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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Obviously, Rooker is not in the same class as Judge and Soto here, but is comparable to Stanton and O’Neill - both had slightly higher K rates, and his BB rate slotted in neatly between O’Neill (11.3%) and Stanton (8.2%).—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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The post quickly drew responses from other travelers sharing similar frustrations.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Both losses followed a similar script, with All-NBA Defensive First Team candidate Dyson Daniels wreaking havoc at the point of attack.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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The album moved a little less than 13,700 equivalent units in the past tracking period across the country.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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From Zero debuted at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart dated Nov. 30, 2024, and has earned 266,000 equivalent album units to date.—
Kevin Rutherford,
Billboard,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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