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as in half
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
I've found one sock but can't find its twin
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as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
some of these people who think that they're a given movie star's twin are kidding themselves
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Recent Examples of twin
Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
His twin brother, Brett, is the commissioner of the Big 12 conference.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Wildlife officials say aoudad often produce twins twice a year, while desert bighorn sheep typically have one offspring annually.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
The victims were later identified on Facebook by their father, Dave Smith, as twin brother and sister Jackson and Charlotte Smith.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
His twin brother, Brett, is the commissioner of the Big 12 conference.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
Related Stories The pair strut out their looks, many custom-made including a Miss Claire Sullivan Gown, Custom LUAR twin suit, Bad Binch Tong Tong, Robert Wun, Guaruv Gupta custom catsuit.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Wildlife officials say aoudad often produce twins twice a year, while desert bighorn sheep typically have one offspring annually.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twin
Adjective
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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
Noun
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Either way, regulars are probably coming to grips with a glass-half-empty feeling.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Apr. 2026
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Sales in the first three months of 2026 were almost half of last year’s total figure, according to the sector’s regulator ADREC.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Alpencamper View gallery - 13 images Most bicycle campers just tow, but there are some that flip, that drop, that pitch and that straight blow up.—
C.C. Weiss
May 01,
New Atlas,
1 May 2026
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However, the image of the Indigenous man is still featured around the campus, including in a large mural in the gym.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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In the Information Age, the debate over checkbook journalism may no longer be a simple binary choice of whether or not to pay for news.—
Lorna Veraldi,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Non-binary blah blah blah blah.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For an all-important sit-down dinner set inside Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper Museum, a team of Italian scenic painters—led by a woman who manages backdrops for an opera in Rome—built and painted a replica on a local soundstage that was about ¾ the size of the original.—
Mara Reinstein,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
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This 24-pack of Harry Potter Chocolate Frogs is a near-exact replica of the chocolate frog Ron ate with Harry on their first train ride to Hogwarts in The Sorcerer’s Stone.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
1 May 2026
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Other characters the writer co-created during this time are the supervillain Jackal and Parker’s clone Ben Reilly.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Other companies have already deployed AI clones of their leaders in a similar fashion to Customers Bank.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Somehow, the word, in its double-pronged definition, gets to the heart of these pictures, and perhaps is the key to understanding Hurst himself.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Nearly three years after their arrests, prosecutors abruptly brought Bryant into their picture of the killing.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Neto struck again in the second with an RBI double, and Adam Frazier added another in the four-run inning.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Western Michigan recruit goes 6-for-11 with eight runs, two doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twin. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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