Verb (used with object), : We cannot equate the possession of wealth with goodness. ,to equate growing prosperity with the physical health of a nation.    From Dictionary.com. 

And, as you will note, once again equating the three religions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Floyd McKay Flirts With Bigotry] Reference

The Democrats are not alone in equating energy policy with national security.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Avoiding the Issue] Reference

Thanks for showing the inherent absurdity in equating spending money with free speech.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: The logical extension of publicly financed campaigns] Reference

He then writes and thinks like the worst of the trolls here in equating some possibility with “wishful thinking.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Oscar Grant] Reference

G20 climate camp pitching a tent on Bishopsgate, uhuh, it is Tilly again equating climate change with the Holocaust.    From Wordnik.com.  [Police Need Intelligence Shock « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

Over the last few months, I have shown the error in equating ID with creationism (see The Creationist Fabrication and ID102).    From Wordnik.com.  [Creationism and Propaganda] Reference

We perhaps could have a discussion about the logical leap involved in equating stoicism and naziism, but surely not in this forum.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves] Reference

When Simon notes that Steiner, in equating marshal with martial, "has hit upon a new discipline," he exceeds the bounds of literary etiquette.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Praise of Dispraise] Reference

Other concepts of tribe include the idea of equating "nomads with the word tribe".    From Wordnik.com.  [TRIBE, TRIBALISM AND CULTURAL CHANGE-KUWAIT 2008] Reference

I didn’t say a word equating the badness of abortion with women being trashy and slutty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do Pro-Lifers Know Anything About Abortion?] Reference

They know that he and Dan Rather are making millions of dollars, and they like the idea of equating with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Whistle Stop to Sound Bite] Reference

The point is moot, however: no OT prophet is presented in terms equating him with the fulfillment of this prediction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pyromaniacs] Reference

It might be easy to laugh at the stupidity of “Boys Beware” if the film wasn’t so virulent in equating homosexuality and pedophilia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference

In that context, it may seem strange to object to fundamentally unfair attacks on Israel, such as equating Israeli policy with Apartheid.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Comparison Between Israel and Apartheid] Reference

I realize that my arguments have some abstract concepts, such as equating uncertainty with entropy, that may take some getting use to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

"equating" them would require denigrating the New Deal, in Reform Judaism's eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference

Authoritarians have no qualms about equating ideology and intention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Germany and the Real 9/11 Mosque] Reference

In An Education, equating taste with morality has dangerous consequences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Married to the Snob] Reference

Indeed, black teens grow up equating a full figure with health and fertility.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Body Of The Beholder] Reference

We are used to equating pessimism with realism, especially when the game is geopolitical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeing Sunshine In Moscow] Reference

It's like equating the provision of public toilets with a takeover of the nation's bathrooms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of 'Public' Options And 'Government' Plans] Reference

The mistake of equating all open source technology with Linux was "really very early on," Paoli says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microsoft: 'We love open source'] Reference

Anne is scathing in her attitude towards her adversaries across the way, equating the clinic to a car dealership.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcia G. Yerman: '12th & Delaware' Joins the HBO Summer Documentary Series] Reference

I take umbrage at the prominently displayed quote equating the power outage in Detroit with the sci-fi movie "Mad Max.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Coming Together The Day The Lights Wen] Reference

Yusuf knows some might disagree with people threatening to burn the Quran and equating Muslims with terrorists and Nazis.    From Wordnik.com.  [New College Teaches Young American Muslims] Reference

One afternoon at Wrigley Field, Costas spotted a banner in the bleachers equating Cubs management with the Three Stooges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anchor To The World] Reference

The California court erred, too, say epidemiologists, in equating "good science" with "statistically significant" results.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Meaning Of Junk] Reference

But technological progress is not a complete recipe for better health, and there is real danger in equating newer with better.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE] Reference

"They are fed up with equating self-worth and their body size," says Geneen Roth, who conducts Breaking Free workshops nationwide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let Them Eat Cake] Reference

Measuring the merits of a high school simply by equating AP classes with excellence misses so much of what constitutes a great school.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Passion for Learning] Reference