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Word of the Day – Equiponderate

By August 31, 2025Word of the Day

Equiponderate (verb)

ek-wee-pon-duh-rayt

To equal or offset in weight, force, importance, etc.; counterbalance.

1635–45; Medieval Latin aequiponderātus, past participle of aequiponderāre. See equi-, ponder, -ate

Example sentences

“The problem is, the government did not want to accept that other world powers were equiponderate to it.”

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