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as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
over the years the state's other senator became his alter ego as well as his political ally
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as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the hero of the novel is clearly the author's alter ego, right down to his receding hairline and middle-aged paunch
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Recent Examples of alter ego
Taking a break from their alter egos as vigilante Daredevil and crime lord Kingpin, these two seem to be chatting rather amiably — but there’s a bloody history lurking beneath their words.
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
This intensely private man, whose performance-art alter ego became an above-the-title star of stage and screen while he purposefully puppet-mastered in the shadows, doesn’t like the idea of being stuck in the passenger seat of his own story.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
The seventh annual festival-circus-carnival hybrid with games and rides will feature performances by John Summit, Ludacris, DJ Irie, Myles O’Neal and DJ Diesel (the alter ego of host Shaquille O’Neal, a Louisiana State University alum).
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Television How Edie Falco Made Carmela Soprano Matter Matthew Eng
Carmela remains Falco’s most enduring on-screen alter ego, the crystallization of her mysterious genius.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
This intensely private man, whose performance-art alter ego became an above-the-title star of stage and screen while he purposefully puppet-mastered in the shadows, doesn’t like the idea of being stuck in the passenger seat of his own story.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
The seventh annual festival-circus-carnival hybrid with games and rides will feature performances by John Summit, Ludacris, DJ Irie, Myles O’Neal and DJ Diesel (the alter ego of host Shaquille O’Neal, a Louisiana State University alum).
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Television How Edie Falco Made Carmela Soprano Matter Matthew Eng
Carmela remains Falco’s most enduring on-screen alter ego, the crystallization of her mysterious genius.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alter ego
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The pair arrived together with other friends to the event in New Orleans.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
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Frustration: Taylor Swift and her famous friends displayed every emotion.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Swift wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms by every person at the 2025 Super Bowl, with the pop star receiving boos from some members of the crowd when her image appeared on the Caesars Superdome jumbotron Sunday (Feb. 9).—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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Faithful stares at her younger image with a hint of wistful pride.—
Debra Rae Cohen,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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One thing leads to another, and as is common with such hedonistic reunions among longtime buddies, somebody ends up with a switchblade in their neck.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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One of his skating buddies posted a video on Instagram of the last day.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Altair twin skyscrapers, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, are seven hundred and eighty-seven feet tall, with one standing at attention and the other leaning companionably against it.—
Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Thankfully, the Olsen twins designed multiple bags that appear to work for the Rhode founder.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
1 Feb. 2025
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His pictures speak in a cinematic voice that is uniquely and completely his own.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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There was also a deeper meaning to the new picture of Princess Kate shared before World Cancer Day because Prince Louis took it!—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Whereas some cloud storage and file-sharing services' desktop apps seamlessly integrate with your computer’s folder system, others offer a one-to-one replica of the service’s web portal.—
Robert Anderson,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2025
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Dawn McKenna Group, Coldwell Banker Realty When the house was first put on the market, The Wall Street Journal reported the sale would include a Lego replica of the house and a large Kevin Lego figure that the brand gifted to the old owners, which McKenna confirmed the new buyers will get to keep.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
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Each of the clones has a primary purpose: Watcher, Fixer, Knower, Healer and Bang Bang Fire, who is assigned to defend the mysterious vessel containing monuments and shrines to the past.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
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Even its biggest rival, Amazon, recently introduced a Temu clone called Amazon Haul that closely resembles the original, both in terms of its logistics supply chain and user interface.—
Zeyi Yang,
WIRED,
26 Dec. 2024
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The evacuation warnings turned out to be duplicates of the flawed Kenneth Fire alerts sent the day before.—
Holly Yan,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
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Remove errors, duplicates and irrelevant information from the collected data.—
Sandro Shubladze,
Forbes,
3 Dec. 2024
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