Sentence examples for it is tantamount from inspiring English sources

In a rare move, DOJ filed a statement in support of the lawsuit, noting that where lawyers lack sufficient resources "it is tantamount to the system's failure to appoint counsel".

It is tantamount to the United States abandoning its pledge to help halve world hunger by 2015.

"If abused, it is tantamount to granting the agency and its employees absolute immunity from suit, even where their activities are illegal and or discriminatory.

It is tantamount to stealing his soul.

"It is tantamount to approval," the executive said.

"It is tantamount to drinking poison to quench one's thirst," he recently wrote in Caixin weekly.

Politicians will argue that it is tantamount to telling poor countries to remain technologically backward.

It is tantamount to an implicit stake on the wealthiest alumni's income.

Why does Shylock never back down? A. It is tantamount to abuse what he goes through.

It is tantamount to returning the international trade order to the "law of the jungle".

Experts compare the sensation of being strangled to waterboarding; it is tantamount to torture.