as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined
a binary star is a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
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The binary lots also are still used today.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
The act also affirmed the right to self-identify as transgender or non-binary.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
The title is binary; the work is not.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 25 Mar. 2026
While humanity's knowledge of our solar system's small worlds is slowly growing thanks to missions from across the globe, such as NASA's OSIRIS-REx (now OSIRIS-APEX), JAXA's Hayabusa2 and China's Tianwen-2, Hera will also be performing the first survey of a binary asteroid system.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
The act also affirmed the right to self-identify as transgender or non-binary.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
The title is binary; the work is not.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 25 Mar. 2026
While humanity's knowledge of our solar system's small worlds is slowly growing thanks to missions from across the globe, such as NASA's OSIRIS-REx (now OSIRIS-APEX), JAXA's Hayabusa2 and China's Tianwen-2, Hera will also be performing the first survey of a binary asteroid system.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Cohen has also been working on a documentary about Leaf, as well as a tender short film called Robert and June (and all the time in the world), a dual portrait of Leaf and her husband, the photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank.—
Nicole Rudick,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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This dual functionality enables the development of 3D cube screens.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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Francis already has twin girls, Alexandria Claire and Athena Olivia, with ex-girlfriend Abbey Wilson.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, even that may not extinguish the twin fires.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Binary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binary. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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