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equal

/ˈiːkwəl/ noun B2
  1. A person or thing of equal status to others. (countable, uncountable) · We're all equals here.· This beer has no equal.

Plural equals

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A subdued slam above told that the door of the east gable had been shut with equal vehemence.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 66 · C1
“’Tis true, madame,” answered he, “that my father was a Girondin, but he was not among the number of those who voted for the king’s death; he was an equal sufferer with yourself during the Reign of Terror, and had well-nigh lost his head on the same scaffold on which your father perished.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 45 · C1
THE HARES harangued the assembly, and argued that all should be equal.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 73 · B2
The Huntsman wished to have the fish, and their owner experienced an equal longing for the contents of the game-bag.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 32 · B2

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