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equivalent

[ih-kwiv-uh-luhnt, ee-kwuh-vey-luhnt] / ɪˈkwɪv ə lənt, ˌi kwəˈveɪ lənt /




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EQT funds invested 6 billion euros, equivalent to $7.05 billion, in the first quarter, while fee-generating assets under management at the end of March remained flat at 142 billion euros from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Cambridge staff received no equivalent, apart from a 2.5% interim payment, which did not address the cost of living for those on a low salary and could be removed at any time, it added.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The French aerospace-and-defense company reported first-quarter orders of 4.65 billion euros, equivalent to $5.48 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Alaska Air said this will add about $600 million in expenses in the second quarter, equivalent to an earnings per share headwind of $3.60 a share.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Sometimes there are no clues at all about what she was doing—the equivalent of radio silence.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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