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equates

  • present tense form
    of equate (3rd person singular).
    equate
    verb (used with object)
    to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent.

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The purchase price equates to just over 6 times Braze’s projected annual sales.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Canada has said that its deal with China equates to less than 3% of the country’s current new-car sales and that it expects the deal to catalyze new Chinese joint-venture investments there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

For example, Rainmaker's 19 million gallons equates to around 0.01 inch of rain across 100 square miles.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Constellation’s stock is rising sharply following a deal that equates to as much power as would be supplied by a new nuclear reactor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

All of which brings us to the key point: the ancients, particularly in the classical period, had no notion that equates exactly with our modern conception of “science.”

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro