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[ee-kwuhl] / ˈi kwəl /






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Canada and US lobster landings have been roughly equal over the years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Earlier research often gave each word equal importance, regardless of its frequency.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

What’s more, selling a house to a family member below fair market value can create a gift of equity equal to the price difference, which the IRS may treat as a taxable gift.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Since Cisternas and Espinoza threw their first neoperreo party 10 years ago, their legacy has carried over to popular Boiler Room sets and underground queer sanctuaries in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

But if you turn it at the center of gravity, it’s easy to turn because there’s an equal amount of weight on each side.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Rainey is a type designer whose passion for her craft equals her son’s for his, and whose knowledge of typography will eventually itself prove heroic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

More homes on the market equals less pressure on buyers to rush into a decision or pay more than they want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

It’s almost too much work for me, even, but it would be much easier if he could have access to the money that equals his half of the acreage they co-own.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

It equals their worst start to a Premier League season since 1992-93.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

We have to meet as equals, with some mutual understanding and candor, before my mission can even begin.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

I doubt whether this production, impeccably directed by Joe Mantello, could be equaled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Brasília’s budget deficit was a gaping 9.4% of GDP in April, while government debt equaled 80.4% of output, according to central bank data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

The latter equaled about 8% of revenue in the most recent quarter.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Devyn Sproles equaled Rainey’s 11.41 one week before to win the second heat and take second overall.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

Thirty-eight beats times four equaled 152 beats per minute.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

She equalled the record for the most points by an individual England player in a Women's World Cup match.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Even when imported electricity was taken into account, the amount of renewables equalled the previous record of 50%, set in 2022/23.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

But one recent single bulk order from a Canadian company equalled what he would expect to move in seven days.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

It is possible that this could be equalled or even exceeded later this week, with the Met Office issuing an amber extreme heat warning for some parts of England on Thursday.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

It was not likely, however, that any body should have equalled her in the date of the plan, as it had entered her brain during the very first evening of Harriet’s coming to Hartfield.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

The NYSE’s Advance-Decline Line is still 1,018 net advances away from equaling its own all-time high.

From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026

Only 11 men have more major wins than McIlroy, with his tally of six now equaling Faldo, Lee Trevino and Phil Mickelson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Next came a power-play goal from Knight, her 14th in Olympic play, equaling Natalie Darwitz and Katie King for the most in team history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

Last year, the company introduced what it calls the “AT&T guarantee,” which provides fiber and wireless customers with credits equaling a full day of service for outages, depending on certain details.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

He called over a member of the Sandrouni family, who quoted something equaling about sixty-five American dollars.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

And he is now just two appearances away from equalling Peter Shilton's mark of 125 international appearances as he hones in on becoming England's most capped player ever.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

On September 2, the southwestern municipality of El Granado reached 45.7C, equalling the temperature record for the month and marking the highest temperature in Spain this year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

City paid £125m – equalling the British transfer record - to reunite former Chelsea manager Maresca with Enzo Fernandez, having already paid £116m to sign England midfielder Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Mbappe wants to break every record he can, but only if they serve the collective - it is no secret he is obsessed with equalling Pele's record of three World Cup triumphs.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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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