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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a close equivalent of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two things that have similar meanings or functions, often in discussions of language, translation, or concepts.
Example: "In many contexts, 'happy' is a close equivalent of 'joyful,' though there are subtle differences in connotation."
Alternatives: "a near equivalent to" or "a similar counterpart of".
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The letter's first, general expression of "sincere regret" over the missing pilot is rendered in the embassy's Chinese version as "chengzhi de yihan," a close equivalent of the English.
By multiplying the IC50 values by 2, 17 we obtain a close equivalent of MIC level; hence, our dataset becomes uniform, because this calculated number is approximately equal to MIC.
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Not that the spectacular limestone cliffs of Capri have a close equivalent in Southern California; for that, you have to go north to Big Sur and beyond.
Like the Ennahda Party in Tunisia, he disavows the term "Islamist," and like other progressive Islamic activists, he describes his group as Egypt's closest equivalent of Mr. Erdogan's party.
I wrote that Zhongguancun is China's closest equivalent of Silicon Valley.
The terms, zhaogu or zhaoliao, are the closest equivalent of 'caring for' and guanxin is the closest equivalent of 'caring about'.
To resolve discrepancies and to genetically dissect TNF signaling in the pathogenesis of IPF, we utilized the BLM-induced animal model of PF, the closest equivalent of the human disease.
The closest equivalents of pleasing, exciting and interesting are semi-lexicalized causatives, derived from the causative template with a generic causee in the form [CAU-person-V], such as 令人高興 ling-ren-gaoxing [CAU-person-happy], for "pleasing".
Writer says it has occurred to others...that he is attracted to the Expos because participation in their cult provides a very close modern equivalent of the kind of communal involvement with spectacle which was so crucial a part of the original experience of 15th century Italian art.
It estimates 82,000 homes could be forced to close, equivalent to more than four in 10 of all supported housing in England.
Boris Johnson, the closest contemporary equivalent of a Heseltine, is one exception.
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