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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A simple error of judgement was tantamount to artistic suicide.
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At its worst, the life of faith is portrayed in a way that it is tantamount to spiritual repression.
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Critics say the arrangement is tantamount to a dictatorship.
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For campaign strategists, this was tantamount to spinning straw into gold.
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Forcibly settling the Jarawa would be tantamount to genocide, leading to them being wiped out.
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In Michael's mind it was tantamount to mutiny and he would not stand for anyone disagreeing with him.
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With Harry, omission was tantamount to deceit.