as in analogous
equal to something in value, meaning, or effect
His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt. They see any criticism of the President as tantamount to treason.
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Recent Examples of tantamount
Cutting Medicaid’s support of those services is tantamount to curbing their freedom.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
Grant cancellations are tantamount to instantaneous salary cuts for scientists, and can force them to halt studies, fire staff, and tell participants that their time and effort may have been wasted.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
This would be tantamount to saying that Jack London was first and foremost a sailor.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
This silence flies in the face of Oakland’s rich civil rights history and is tantamount to condoning hate.
—Mark Cohen, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
Grant cancellations are tantamount to instantaneous salary cuts for scientists, and can force them to halt studies, fire staff, and tell participants that their time and effort may have been wasted.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
This would be tantamount to saying that Jack London was first and foremost a sailor.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
This silence flies in the face of Oakland’s rich civil rights history and is tantamount to condoning hate.
—Mark Cohen, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tantamount
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantamount
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The league maintains the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Third, Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits have held that consumers in analogous situations to Salazar suffered no concrete harm when the transmission was non-public.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Nothing in the founding-era legal landscape is analogous to the challenged law.—
Dara Kam,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The most far-reaching version of Trump’s strategy would raise the effective, or average, tariff on U.S. imports to about 20%, comparable to the heavy import duties the nation imposed in the 1930s and that contributed to the Great Depression, Zandi said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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There are several solutions Baltimore could implement immediately to fix its open records process, like creating an online request center comparable to most other large cities.—
John Hart,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2025
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Loyola Chicago took a similar path to the NIT, winning nine of their last 11 games to raise their record from 12-8 to 21-10 before bowing out in the second round of their conference tournament.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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The men and women in the study had similar nicotine use, sleep habits, cholesterol levels, and obesity rates.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
Health,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Strong Sales and Streams Keep Both Albums Alive According to Luminate, Sour moved 14,800 equivalent units in the past tracking frame, while Guts was close behind with 14,600.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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In its second week, the record tallied 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 27, with streams totaling to 124,000.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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