Definitions
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- noun the act of regarding as equal.
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- verb Present participle of
equate .
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- noun the act of regarding as equal
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Examples
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- G20 climate camp pitching a tent on Bishopsgate, uhuh, it is Tilly again equating climate change with the Holocaust.
Police Need Intelligence Shock « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Where you go wrong is in equating the “nudge” of a Burger King ad with the “nudge” of a mandatory college P.E. class.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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As O'Reilly rhetorically argued after the contretemps on The View last week, "Were we attacked by Japanese 'extremists' [at Pearl Harbor]?", again equating an attack by branch of al Qaeda with an attack by a sovereign government and country.
Mark Green: 'Mosque' Debate Ending -- Will Rudy Join Rauf? Mark Green 2010
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Of course, Njorl, your fallacy lies in equating an action today which threatens a pension payment not due for decades as being a run of the mill default on a genuine debt obligation to a large class of voters.
Matthew Yglesias » The Other Public Sector Pension Problem 2010
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As O'Reilly rhetorically argued after the contretemps on The View last week, "Were we attacked by Japanese 'extremists' [at Pearl Harbor]?", again equating an attack by branch of al Qaeda with an attack by a sovereign government and country.
Mark Green: 'Mosque' Debate Ending -- Will Rudy Join Rauf? Mark Green 2010
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As O'Reilly rhetorically argued after the contretemps on The View last week, "Were we attacked by Japanese 'extremists' [at Pearl Harbor]?", again equating an attack by branch of al Qaeda with an attack by a sovereign government and country.
Mark Green: 'Mosque' Debate Ending -- Will Rudy Join Rauf? Mark Green 2010
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As O'Reilly rhetorically argued after the contretemps on The View last week, "Were we attacked by Japanese 'extremists' [at Pearl Harbor]?", again equating an attack by branch of al Qaeda with an attack by a sovereign government and country.
Mark Green: 'Mosque' Debate Ending -- Will Rudy Join Rauf? Mark Green 2010
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As O'Reilly rhetorically argued after the contretemps on The View last week, "Were we attacked by Japanese 'extremists' [at Pearl Harbor]?", again equating an attack by branch of al Qaeda with an attack by a sovereign government and country.
Mark Green: 'Mosque' Debate Ending -- Will Rudy Join Rauf? Mark Green 2010
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As O'Reilly rhetorically argued after the contretemps on The View last week, "Were we attacked by Japanese 'extremists' [at Pearl Harbor]?", again equating an attack by branch of al Qaeda with an attack by a sovereign government and country.
Mark Green: 'Mosque' Debate Ending -- Will Rudy Join Rauf? Mark Green 2010
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We perhaps could have a discussion about the logical leap involved in equating stoicism and naziism, but surely not in this forum.
MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves 2009
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