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- verb Present participle of
tantamount .
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Examples
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Honoured and Respected Sir, -- Although I am conscious that my present step will apparently be deemed an unjustifiable and unpardonable one, tantamounting to a preposterous hardihood in presuming to trespass
Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880
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The Cabinet on Tuesday instructed the Transport Ministry to conduct additional review on the project to lease 4,000 buses for Bangkok commuters, tantamounting to a rejection on the ground of suspiciously high leasing cost.
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- Investment by investors of either state shall not be expropriated, nationalised or subjected to any other measure tantamounting to expropriation or nationalisation in the territory of the other state except for the public benefit and against compensation.
unknown title 2009
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