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
Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
There is nothing by Richard Diebenkorn, Ed Ruscha or Wayne Thiebaud, artists associated with California — a coequal locus of creativity to New York and the East Coast — who project a sensibility distinctly different from that cultivated in New York.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
The code of conduct’s first good deed is putting the Supreme Court in its proper context, which is atop a judiciary that the Constitution makes a coequal branch of government.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2023
As the Constitution outlines, the U.S. has three distinct and coequal branches of government: a legislature that passes laws, an executive branch that implements them, and a judiciary that interprets them.
—David Bernhardt, wsj.com, 9 May 2023
See all Example Sentences for coequal 
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Neither does anything in the decision prohibit states or the coequal federal branches from recognizing the same.
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The writer studio setups are all identical to provide maximum flexibility and support for scheduling and production needs – so that any writer can use any available room.Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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Origin’s new chemical platform enables the production of plastics like PET and other industrial chemicals identical to those derived from hydrocarbons without the environmental impacts of oil extraction and refining.Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Firstly, the company’s comparable sales were lower sequentially compared to a 21% growth in Q1 2024, 18% growth in Q2, and 16% in Q3.Trefis Team, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Best Buy now expects comparable, same-store sales to pull back by 2.5% to 3.5%, worse than a prior forecast.Brian Evans, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
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The strength of the U.S. stock market is more striking when compared with its European counterpart.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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Federal funds help support state efforts, and local agencies often coordinate with national counterparts on investigations or in response to major incidents.Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The most recent analogous period is the 1930s, when such an approach emerged in several countries.Ray Dalio, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
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Or: Joints laced with opioids are analogous to politicians laced with medical ignorance.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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Concerns have been voiced within the community regarding the paint schemes for the team's No. 6 and No. 60 cars under the Castrol sponsorship, which resulted in similar looks for each vehicle, allegedly diminishing their individual identities.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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This faux-shearling coat from Gap has slim lines and a single row of buttons, similar to what Holmes wore, but in all-black.Clint Davis, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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While a bag of Cheetos and a roll of duct tape would probably cost you around $10, an art piece crafted with those same products has sold for thousands.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Although many of these same smiling faces are now gone, they will never be forgotten as long as our memories of them are passed on with respect to future generations.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Nov. 2024
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The fines would be equivalent to the number of TikTok users who continued to use TikTok after the divestiture deadline — currently January 19 — times 5,000: a number that could quickly reach into tens or hundreds of billions.Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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In audio book time, that's equivalent to 62 hours and 48 minutes.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Coequal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coequal. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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