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equals

  • plural
    of equal.
    equal
    adjective
    as great as; the same as (often followed by to orwith ).
  • present tense form
    of equal (3rd person singular).
    equal
    adjective
    as great as; the same as (often followed by to orwith ).

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Fans may find it suggestive that the Dodgers, with the league’s top payroll, has won the last two World Series, but real-world evidence undermines the received wisdom that payroll equals success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Instead, the CPI is set so that 100 equals average prices from 1982-84.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Amazingly, the result of this weak measurement of dwell time, when the photon goes straight through the cloud, exactly equals the negative time suggested by the photons’ average arrival time.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Looked at another way, adjusting $100,000 in the late 1990s for inflation also equals roughly $210,000 today.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Rate times time equals distance is not a universal law; it doesn’t apply under all conditions.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife