as in identical
resembling another in every respect
in my mind illegally downloading something from the Internet is coequal to stealing from a store
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as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
viewing himself as the coequal of the Caesars of ancient Rome, Napoléon surrounded himself with the emblems of classical antiquity
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Recent Examples of coequal
Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The legislature is a coequal branch of government with the executive branch.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The purpose of the pardon is to be used as a check against the other coequal branches of government to protect people from being unfairly punished or having their rights otherwise deprived without due process.
—Samuel Chambers, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
But this dynamic accelerates the decline of Congress as a coequal branch of government, further shifting power to the presidency.
—Casey Burgat, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Speaker Mike Johnson has positioned himself as a junior partner to the president rather than a leader of a coequal branch of government.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The legislature is a coequal branch of government with the executive branch.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The purpose of the pardon is to be used as a check against the other coequal branches of government to protect people from being unfairly punished or having their rights otherwise deprived without due process.
—Samuel Chambers, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
But this dynamic accelerates the decline of Congress as a coequal branch of government, further shifting power to the presidency.
—Casey Burgat, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coequal
Adjective
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That said, Target has a nearly identical bag, shape and all.—
Robyn Merrett,
StyleCaster,
29 May 2025
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While the top-spec Ultra model features a carbon-fiber frame and front suspension, the Track Edition has a visually identical frame made of 6061 aluminum and is a pure hardtail with no suspension.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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China and imports Target's first-quarter comparable sales fell 3.8%, compared to analysts' estimates of a 1.08% decline.—
Siddharth Cavale,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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That reverses a comparable store sales increase of 1.5% in the previous quarter.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Officials started making calls to counterparts Wednesday night to emphasize that, in their minds, nothing had changed and that process and urgency should be maintained.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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These organizations serve about 30 million Americans across all 50 states but are typically under-resourced compared to their counterparts at major health systems.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The work of flattening out three-dimensional sculpture into a two-dimensional painting was analogous to intellectualizing and abstracting Blackness as media became more mobile in the early twentieth century.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Together, these provide a wealth of data that any neuroscientist would envy — analogous to a perfect map of a person’s brain, along with separate electrodes to monitor the activity of each neuron.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Gleason score is created through something similar to a point system.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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The experience with the R-GPS program inspired the Space Force to look at other mission areas that might be well-served with a similar procurement approach.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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From the ground level, guests can catch that same elevator to the left of Yoshi’s Adventure to go upstairs.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Craig experiences that same temporal shift two other times in the film: When staring at a bouquet of Tami’s flowers, and while holding an ancient stone axe Austin has bought online.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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One basis point is equivalent to 0.01%, and yields and prices move in opposite directions.—
Brian Evans,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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Here, 15 of the softest sheets that will convince you that crawling into bed at 9 p.m. is equivalent to self-care.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
16 May 2025
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“Coequal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coequal. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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