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
Leaving Iran, in her view, is tantamount to betrayal.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The Act is tantamount to a ban since there is no near-term plan for such a separation.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Jan. 2025
These forces are so large that ignoring them is tantamount to planning for failure.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
The United States has sent Israel shipments of weapons worth billions of dollars since the start of the armed conflict, despite international condemnation of its assault on Gaza and accusations from human rights groups that its actions there are tantamount to genocide.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The Act is tantamount to a ban since there is no near-term plan for such a separation.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Jan. 2025
These forces are so large that ignoring them is tantamount to planning for failure.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
The United States has sent Israel shipments of weapons worth billions of dollars since the start of the armed conflict, despite international condemnation of its assault on Gaza and accusations from human rights groups that its actions there are tantamount to genocide.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantamount
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Expert regulatory economists have pointed to analogous benefits to the American economy that would stem from U.S. regulatory reform (which President Trump has made a top priority for his second term).—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The other bird has one copy of the standard and one copy of the supergene, analogous to the XY genotype.—
Donna L. Maney,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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Brown says the championship game sold out months ago at rates that are comparable to NFL games, and that overall tournament ad sales are pacing nearly 200 percent above last year, an enormous increase at a moment where the overall ad business is still embracing a certain amount of austerity.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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He's known for his power just like Stanton, and the numbers in 2024 were very comparable.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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The questionnaire appears to be very similar to one sent earlier this week to partners of the United States Agency for International Development, which has been all but dismantled by the Trump administration.—
Sheryl Gay Stolberg,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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In some ways, this feels similar to the initial boom and subsequent contraction of the sports betting and ancillary sports betting content industries, a trajectory that began with a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a federal law banning sports betting in most states.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The technology will next be put to use for a complete lunar day, equivalent to about 14 Earth days.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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