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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
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026 Of the 10 original instrument sets carried by the twin probes, seven have now been switched off. —Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 Izetta Fang Klein is survived by her husband Patrick Klein and their 15-year-old twins Austin and Parker. —David John Chávez, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for twin
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On the eve of their 30th birthday, twin brothers Sayre and Connor are searching for their biological father while also trying to figure out their lives. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026 Of the 10 original instrument sets carried by the twin probes, seven have now been switched off. —Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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The Ivišić twins give Illinois a pair of 7-footers who can shoot, rebound and protect the rim. —Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 Izetta Fang Klein is survived by her husband Patrick Klein and their 15-year-old twins Austin and Parker. —David John Chávez, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for twin
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Our contract enabled the school district to implement mandatory recess for elementary school students; codify smaller class sizes; expand access to honors, arts, music and sports; and establish dual language schools in the Black community on the West and South sides.— Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old of dual British-Pakistani nationality who cannot be named because of his age, all from east London, were charged with arson and taken into custody in connection with that incident.— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
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After thrashing the doomed Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 on the opening weekend, City were played off the pitch by Thomas Frank’s Tottenham Hotspur and then had no answer to Brighton & Hove Albion’s second-half push.— Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Divided between the Brick and the Geffen Contemporary at MoCA, the show’s two halves are calibrated quite distinctly in pacing and tone.— Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
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There are also other artists, like Patricia Frischer, who has been doing a series of images about the #MeToo movement and women’s rights, which are also under attack at the moment.— Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
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In conflict, online images and videos have become essential to countering misinformation and propaganda.— Jane Lytvynenko, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
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Bug, who was in sixth grade at the time, had previously come out as non-binary, but this felt like an even bigger step.— Karen Brown, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
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In the case of ChatGPT, the study noted, the bot sometimes rejected providing a binary choice, instead recommending both solutions.— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
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Under guidance issued by the state, replica firearms are not considered deadly weapons.— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
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Once inside, at least three graffiti writers whose names were blasted on the replica pointed it out proudly, even gave out stickers to take home.— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Caryn Marjorie, a 26-year-old lifestyle influencer, signed a deal in 2023 with a now defunct startup called Forever Voices to develop a digital clone of herself that fans could talk to.— Taylor Lorenz, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026
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As clone PCs flooded the market, MS‑DOS became ubiquitous.— J. Kyle Foster, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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By putting religious and profane art together—a picture of Christ on one wall and Apollo on another, both equalized in their prettiness—Raphael triggered centuries of decadence.— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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The cost of data collection is often framed in terms of hardware or labor, but this view misses the larger picture.— Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
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Maddie Murray and Zahria Hatcher each had a pair of doubles for Andrew (9-8,2-4).— Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Caleb Durbin had an RBI double in the ninth for Boston’s only other run.— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/twin. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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