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Adequate or fit in ability or extent, as in I'm not sure I'm equal to the task. [Late 1600s] Also see feel up to; up to.

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Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.
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What 15 months in a federal correction institution will be like, according to a man who counsels to-be inmates.
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Both parties are now equal opportunity offenders when it comes to gaming the system.
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Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.
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However, not all awful, astoundingly dumb political memes are created equal.
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Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
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Other factors being equal, the amount of urea indicates the activity of metabolism.
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