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equalize

[ee-kwuh-lahyz] / ˈi kwəˌlaɪz /


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To equalize inheritance later, you can simply adjust the distribution in your will or trust, reducing your son and daughter’s shares by the amount you have gifted each.

From MarketWatch Dec. 7, 2025

To equalize its share with the US dollar, gold prices would need to rise to $5,790 per ounce, assuming no change in gold holdings.

From Barron's Oct. 17, 2025

At six months of age, the number of nanotubes in normal mice and those with Alzheimer's disease began to equalize.

From Science Daily Oct. 16, 2025

Mike Huckabee, for goodness sake, was the governor who signed off on hundreds of millions of dollars of new annual funding to help equalize funding in Arkansas.

From Salon Mar. 19, 2025

It means I can bring along other oxygen tanks, and equalize them with the rover's tanks without having to do an EVA.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

“This rule, at least to a certain degree, equalizes the workforce that way,’’ says Amanda Sonneborn, an employment lawyer at King & Spalding.

From Seattle Times Nov. 5, 2021

The first equalizes the bad luck we’re born with; the second, the bad luck that finds us as adults.

From The New Yorker Jan. 6, 2020

Fresh flour is considered “unstable,” Hutchison explained, and oxidation equalizes it and makes it more stable and consistent.

From Washington Times Jul. 10, 2016

It equalizes at 760 mm Hg but does not remain at 760 mm Hg.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

It's nothing more than a tube that equalizes the rover's air with the pop-tent's.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

That streak ended when Belgium’s Charles De Ketelaere equalized with a header just before halftime at Sofi Stadium.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Argentina went ahead two minutes into extra time on a strike from Lisandro Martinez, but Cape Verde equalized in the 103rd minute with a curving effort from Sidny Lopes Cabral.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

Unfortunately for the South African team that night, Rafa Márquez equalized for El Tri with 11 minutes remaining during what turned out to be a disappointing World Cup for the host nation.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Atlanta's Tyler Allgeier scored on a two-yard run only 2:45 into the game but Buffalo equalized just 4:14 later on Allen's 19-yard touchdown pass to Dawson Knox.

From Barron's Oct. 14, 2025

I told her of our desire to have the food improved and equalized and to have better clothing; the need for facilities for studying; our right to information such as newspapers; and many more things.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In Game 1, Staal scored one of the equalizing goals.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

“A life-insurance policy can be specifically purchased to provide a cash payout to the non-business child, effectively equalizing their inheritance without burdening the business or the child taking it over,” it says.

From MarketWatch Mar. 6, 2026

Whether or not Altman is a true believer in A.I.’s equalizing powers, he’s talking his book.

From Slate Feb. 10, 2026

It is also, in some ways, an equalizing force.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2025

“My thought was that if you know how to keep tissue alive there must be some way of equalizing the reserve supply to the area of the throat and face.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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