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The sum -- equal to more than $1 billion at the exchange rate at the time of the ruling -- led local media to dub it the "divorce of the century".
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Investors continue to bet on Tesla’s ability to deliver truly self-driving vehicles and humanoid robots, giving it a market capitalization equal to the combined value of the next 37 largest automakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In the case of aspartame, the amount consumed by the highest group was roughly equal to the aspartame in one can of diet soda.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
For households in their 40s, essential wealth means having net worth equal to three times the household’s annual income on top of emergency savings.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
A primordial black hole with an initial mass of a thousand million tons would have a lifetime roughly equal to the age of the universe.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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