Most recently, he served in a role that was the functional equivalent of chief financial officer.
But they said the commission might one day have to consider much Internet traffic "the functional equivalent of radio and television broadcasts."
Archipelago is the functional equivalent of Amazon.com for selling stocks.
The truth was, the trip to Mars had been the functional equivalent of a long train ride.
They are the functional equivalent of something you might cook with in the yard.
And: "This is the functional equivalent of bombing innocent civilians."
"With the reverse split, the $2 in their plan is the functional equivalent of $1 a share."
It is a functional equivalent of the Western-style studio apartment.
Thus, the surpluses operate as the functional equivalent of savings.
Given the context, it was the functional equivalent of lighting a cigarette.
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