equivalency
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equivalencies
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Origin of equivalency
From the Medieval Latin word aequivalentia, dating back to 1525–35. See equivalent, -ency
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Many big brands see a false equivalency between DEI issues and target marketing issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
There’s an equivalency with Platner, and some of it has to do with a populist style of politics.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
"When I think about the show, if there's one word to describe it, I suppose it would be equitability or equivalency, equivalency between artworks," the Costume Institute's curator Andrew Bolton told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
I was happy with spousal equivalency, with the idea that every day Carlos and I chose each other without needing the state to ratify it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
I could take the G.E.D.— a high school equivalency exam—in Montgomery and get my diploma that way.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
After Talarico’s campaign posted footage of the former president stumping with him at a taco shop this spring, the equivalencies flowed in.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Stop soliciting validation kudos for your pet false equivalencies.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023
But if “Armageddon Time” seems to hew to a familiar playbook, it also avoids trafficking in the complacency, reassurance and false equivalencies that most Hollywood explorations of race and class are eager to peddle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Mann and others have criticized such arguments for their false equivalencies: the environmental and health costs of rare earth minerals for certain renewable energy sources are small compared with those of fossil fuels.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 26, 2022
This mediation was itself a form of work: questions asked, questions answered, commitments made, equivalencies determined.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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