Sentence examples for is the equivalent of doing from inspiring English sources

It is the equivalent of doing brain surgery with a laser as opposed to a sword.

When hospice is framed as care for when "there is nothing left to do" instead of a different kind of treatment, patients may believe that choosing hospice is the equivalent of doing nothing.

In this must-read article from the current issue of the New York Times magazine, Nancy Leong, a University of Denver law professor, says "It's almost as if cheerfully and frequently uttering the word 'diversity' is the equivalent of doing the work of actually making it a reality".

The commission accused the marketers of falsely asserting that using the device for three minutes was the equivalent of doing 100 situps and that users would lose 10 pounds in two weeks.

"It's the equivalent of doing very good quality photography versus cinematography," he explains.

The frequent comparison is that it is the equivalent of dining out: easy, different, and you don't have to do the dishes.

There is a place in Deer Shelter Rock, Wisconsin, which is so terrifying that going there stoned (which I just did) is the equivalent of, say, doing acid and watching The Shining by yourself in a cabin in fucking Romania.

It is the equivalent of a restaurant "doing a Fawlty Towers" and ending proceedings at the height of its powers.

In fact, a 45-minute class is about the equivalent of doing 1,200 squats and burns 850 calories.

"London was really the equivalent of doing something out of town," Gelb said, implying that the E.N.O. is to the Met as smaller theatres are to Broadway — places where new work is tried out before it is ready for the big time.

"So London was really the equivalent of doing something out of town.