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Recent Examples of equivalency Real-world data The 100 percent blast equivalency policy was in effect at Cape Canaveral last Thursday, when Blue Origin loaded its New Glenn booster full of methane and liquid oxygen at Launch Complex 36. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 5 June 2026 Under the new framework, schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, which serves nearly 30 million students, can offer whole, 2%, and flavored or unflavored milk, along with nondairy beverages that meet nutritional equivalency standards. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 13 May 2026 Other successful projects include the use of educational radio for secondary education in Mexico and Brazil, elementary mathematics education in Nicaragua, a teacher program in Kenya, and adult equivalency education in the Dominican Republic. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026 Adult general education programs prepare those taking the GED exam for the equivalency of a high school diploma. — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for equivalency
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Noun
  • Holography is another step in that tradition, an equivalence between area and volume that holds at least for certain spaces.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
  • To measure the equivalence principle at a quantum scale, the researchers turned to a piece of equipment called the Quantum Galileo Interferometer.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The award is named after Justice Albie Sachs, a hero of the anti-apartheid movement who survived imprisonment, exile and an assassination attempt in the fight for equality in South Africa.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In recent years, legal scholars have taken the right to equality as the starting point for advocating for access to fertility care.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Equivalency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalency. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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