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tantamount
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    Then you'll know that attempting to breach them is tantamount to suicide.†  (source)
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    That would be tantamount to admitting a mistake, and the military doesn't do that either.†  (source)
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    On the other hand, forcing them to stay outside was tantamount to a death sentence given the subzero temperatures.†  (source)
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    She'd hidden audio from the world, which was tantamount to lying to the world, to the millions who assumed she was being straightforward always, transparent always.†  (source)
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    And he had never once told Harry ...never bothered to say...And why it was so important, Harry could not explain even to himself, yet he felt it had been tantamount to a lie not to tell him that they had this place and these experiences in common.†  (source)
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    It would be tantamount to declaring that the lives of four Downworlders are worth less than the safety of two Shadowhunters.†  (source)
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    He told her point-blank that in his view it was tantamount to whoring and he implored her to quit.†  (source)
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    Refusing to break Welsh's bones was tantamount to killing his daughter.†  (source)
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    This was tantamount to blowing up the Pyramids of Giza.†  (source)
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    His uncle, however, believed that the failure of Elbers was due not to privileges but to the unrealistic commitments he had contracted for, which had almost been tantamount to his assuming responsibility for the geography of the nation: he had taken charge of maintaining the navigability of the river, the port installations, the access routes on land, the means of transportation.†  (source)
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    But they follow a regimen, darling, because if they don't, they get poor service reports, which is tantamount to a fate worse than dismissal — which rarely happens — because it means no advancement, limbo.†  (source)
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    He understood that such an admission, for her, was tantamount to a shouted declaration of devotion from other women.†  (source)
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    In a case like this the recommendation is tantamount to a verdict, but remains secret, as a part of the proceedings of the Praesidium.†  (source)
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