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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about the equivalent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a comparison or similarity between two things, often in terms of value, amount, or significance.
Example: "The cost of the new software is about the equivalent of what we spent last year on maintenance."
Alternatives: "approximately equal to" or "roughly the same as".
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"About the equivalent of a granola bar".
The cooking time is about the equivalent, around 10 minutes for noodles as thick as spaghetti.
That is about the equivalent of half of China's current consumption of natural gas.
Refills cost $19 for five cartridges, about the equivalent of 200 cigarettes.
That loss is about the equivalent of losing all of Connecticut's labor force".
(Five milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol is about the equivalent of a few puffs from a joint).
He could probably run a competitive race for a million dollars, which is about the equivalent in California of Barbara Boxer's postage budget.
The conditions, financially, are not strenuous: a million rands, which is about the equivalent of a hundred and twelve thousand dollars.
Dr. Stone expects Voyager 1 to keep sending back data — with a 23-watt transmitter, about the equivalent of a refrigerator light bulb — until roughly 2025.
They weigh about as much as a rolled up pair of socks and take up about the equivalent amount of space in your backpack.
From there, the viewing experience was about the equivalent of watching Mr. Anderson's masterwork from beneath the overhang of the concession stand at a drive-in theater.
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