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All these paths to influencing the Constitution are vital to our ability to function as a self-governing republic of equal citizens.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Some studies treat biphasic sleep as one long sleep plus a brief nap; others count only two equal periods; there is no agreed definition.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
In the case of aspartame, the amount consumed by the highest group was roughly equal to the aspartame in one can of diet soda.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
According the legend, boy and girl twins born in Higashi Village on a day with equal parts day and night herald a cataclysm that only they can mend.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Yet she was in no way the equal of her employers.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Sword fighting plus cape plus Francophilia plus hometown pride equals yes, please.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
While he assembled a crack team to play intricate, explosive funk, he did not treat them as equals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
A single degree Celsius equals 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
SpaceX is a behemoth with few equals and dominates the rocket-launch industry.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
The New York Amsterdam News, our local weekly Negro newspaper, suggested that the United States was now going to treat Negroes as equals for the first time.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
His wind-aided 10.17-second timing in the 100 last weekend equaled the fourth-fastest time in state history.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
As of April 6, national oil reserves equaled 143 days of domestic demand, while refiners had 81 days’ worth of private stockpiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Despite the worries and headlines about private credit, new money continued to flow into the private funds including the two Blue Owl private BDCs during the first quarter—and nearly equaled outflows in some cases.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Bridgeman equaled the event’s 54-hole record of 194 held by Joaquin Niemann, who was also 19 under through three rounds in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
The challenge was to find words that equaled one dollar when you added up their letter values.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
A shot further back is their compatriot Sam Burns, who equalled the low score in a major when he posted an eight-under par 62 to get to five under, minutes after leader Herbert's.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Spain have equalled Italy's record for the longest unbeaten run in international football - 37 matches.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
In 2025 there were five tropical nights and this has already been equalled this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
In 2022, Ronaldo set the record for the most World Cups scored in at five - 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 - but Messi has already equalled that.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
“Except that a robot might fail due to the inherent inadequacies of his brain. The positronic brain has never equalled the complexities of the human brain.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
It was the second time that Pegula has reached the quarterfinals of the British tournament, only to fall at that hurdle, equaling the progress she made at Wimbledon in 2023.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The annual rate of inflation in May was 0.6%, the same as in April, equaling its highest level since December 2024, Swiss data agency FSO said Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
That goal was her 116th for the club, equaling Fran Kirby's record for the most goals for Chelsea in all competitions.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Capital spending guidance for the five largest cloud companies is approximately $650 billion, equaling the spending by the rest of the Russell 3000 excluding utilities.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
It was unfair to blame her for the fictional zero-sum game of her successes equaling his failures.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Lionel Messi scores a hat-trick to reach 16 World Cup goals, equalling Miroslav Klose's record.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Bank on those equalling 1% to 3% of your property’s value, or more.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Four times now, the Clarets have been relegated from the Premier League a year after coming up, equalling Norwich's record.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Arsenal's prowess from set-pieces has been a key part of their title challenge, with their 16 goals from corners - three more than anyone else - equalling the most in a Premier League season.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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