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
For asylum seekers, being forced to return under these conditions could be tantamount to a death sentence.
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
In Musk’s view, going to Mars is tantamount to preserving humanity and escaping the ever-growing threats to Earth, including natural disasters and warfare.
—Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 17 May 2025
Ukraine rejects these terms as tantamount to capitulation, and is seeking guarantees of its future security from world powers, especially the United States.
—USA Today, 17 May 2025
In reality, their conditions for peace — halting the war Russia started by invading Ukraine in February 2022 — are tantamount to a Ukrainian surrender.
—Keir Simmons, NBC news, 16 May 2025
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
In Musk’s view, going to Mars is tantamount to preserving humanity and escaping the ever-growing threats to Earth, including natural disasters and warfare.
—Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 17 May 2025
Ukraine rejects these terms as tantamount to capitulation, and is seeking guarantees of its future security from world powers, especially the United States.
—USA Today, 17 May 2025
In reality, their conditions for peace — halting the war Russia started by invading Ukraine in February 2022 — are tantamount to a Ukrainian surrender.
—Keir Simmons, NBC news, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantamount
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What remain enduringly relevant are the book’s insights into the nature of design innovation, which Jencks described as analogous to biological evolution, a constant flow of emergent, divergent, and convergent streams.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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In our model, the flow of traffic over a network of roads is analogous to the flow of fluids over a surface—motions that are governed by the laws of fluid dynamics.—
Steve Nadis,
Wired News,
1 June 2025
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In fact, no other project of the past half century comes to mind that is comparable to Orozco’s work of the past three decades, with its the complex and contradictory morphologies, operations, materials, and sites.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Setup time should be comparable to that of a standalone instant-pitch screen room, which will also require staking out in windy conditions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 May 2025
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This argument is similar to those made by Sam Altman, who has argued that OpenAI needs to unveil ChatGPT and other cutting-edge tools as fast as possible in order to show the public the power of the technology.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
31 May 2025
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Lepard begins his story around the introduction of the Federal Reserve in 1913, which followed the introduction of similar monopoly central banks around the world in the late 19th century.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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One basis point is equivalent to 0.01%, and yields and prices move in opposite directions.—
Alex Harring,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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Echo launches with 43,000 equivalent units shifted, according to Luminate.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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