Example Sentences

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Newsom has equated these actions to the state’s efforts in 2024 to quash the sale of hemp products containing cannabinoids such as THC.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

But Iran, which long has equated America’s presence in the region to it patrolling the Gulf of Mexico, views the drones with suspicion.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

She said Clinton is “a very smart woman, but her smartness has equated to shrewdness that’s been off-putting.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2015

In previous interviews, Cooper has equated that process with being in “a broken, dropping elevator,” the rhythms of the GIFs mimicking language and turning “the eye into an ear.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 4, 2015

For all I know, Snookums has equated me with the Trinity.”

From Unwise Child by Garrett, Randall