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Discover LudwigThe equals sign (=) is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to indicate the mathematical symbol of equality, and it can also be used to compare two or more items in a sentence. Example: My sister and I have the same number of siblings - three - so our family size is equal (=).
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equals sign
noun
Alternative form of equal sign
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Last February, she sparked controversy among some fans when she revealed a new tattoo -- a small "equals" sign on her middle finger -- in support of marriage equality.
"Do you feel like the poor semicolon and the equals sign never get any respect?
For Mr Heller, it is "logical" that "was" should be like a grammatical equals sign.
Put husbands and wives on the same line with an equals sign between them.
The site's slogan says it's a "computational knowledge engine" and the search box has an equals sign at the end.
This week's Foreign Policy magazine has a provocative cover: Mr. Obama next to Jimmy Carter with — gasp — an "equals" sign in the middle.
Egypt's star man Mohamed Zidan has a heart and a football shaved into his head with an equals sign in between.
Down from the equals sign, make a vertical line of descent and at the end of this write their child's name.
The standard way out is to change the equals sign = in (7) to something else.
Three horizontal lines stacked on top of one another, looking like an equals sign gone wrong.
They were minor mistakes: "two instances where an equals sign was represented by a wrong symbol," he says.
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