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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of equate.

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Examples

  • In Japanese naval slang the term equated to “scum.”

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • In Japanese naval slang the term equated to “scum.”

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • In Japanese naval slang the term equated to “scum.”

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • In Japanese naval slang the term equated to “scum.”

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • It does seem that Watin equated basic colors with simple preparation and low cost.

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • At a recent speech delivered at Yale University, Finkelstein equated the Jewish concern over Holocaust denial with a "level of mental hysteria."

    John Esposito: Muslims and the West JDsg 2006

  • Fujimori's doctor, Alejandro Aguinaga, also one of eight Fujimori deputies in congress, said the long prison term equated to a "death sentence" for a man who already suffered bouts with hypertension and cancer.

    The Australian | News | 2009

  • Hans Bishop said then that based on supporting clinical data, the price tag equated to about $23,000 per added month of survival for a patient, which compared "very favorably to many other widely used oncology products in similar advanced disease settings."

    Medicare to Weigh Coverage for Dendreon Drug 2010

  • I don't agree with Huckabee in any way, shape, or form, but I think it's grasping to say that he has "equated" homosexuality with bestiality.

    Huckabee Directly Equates Homosexuality With Bestiality 2009

  • Then he kind of equated him to an old uncle that you don't always listen to, that you don't agree with.

    CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2008 2008

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