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Recent Examples of identical twin
The $175 million arena project is spearheaded by Joshua Wood — a Rancho Cordova resident who advocated for subsidies to build Golden 1 Center, and identical twin brother of Sacramento State President Luke Wood — and his business partner, Charanjeet Kaur Tiwana-Purewal.
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JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Elvis was actually born 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon.
—Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
In late summer 2025, the pair welcomed identical twin boys.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
She’s joined by Devin McCourty, a three-time Super Bowl champion and prolific identical twin.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
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JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Elvis was actually born 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon.
—Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
In late summer 2025, the pair welcomed identical twin boys.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
She’s joined by Devin McCourty, a three-time Super Bowl champion and prolific identical twin.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical twin
Noun
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Antimatter is like the mirror image of matter.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
25 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, in many ways, West’s performatively anti-white, unpatriotic, and cosmopolitan version of polyamory is the blue-state mirror image of tradwifery, which, in its various forms, can fetishize whiteness, nostalgic Americana, and (often Christian) nationalism.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Guardians led 1-0 on Steven Kwan's RBI double in the right field corner off Roki Sasaki, the first of three consecutive Japanese starters scheduled for the Dodgers in the series.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The inning included two-run doubles by Willi Castro and Ezequiel Tovar.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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Some were duplicates, so the final tally was 15.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Software engineer Alexey Grigorev recently watched an AI agent destroy his entire production database—wiping out years of course data after a setup error caused the system to delete the live environment instead of cleaning up duplicates.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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As first impressions go, this was the equivalent of forgetting a date’s name, checking the phone while ordering, and deciding to talk religion and politics over dessert.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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This means that the awe and wonder of seeing a game like retro game Defender, or a modern equivalent, in an arcade in 2026 is incredibly rare.—
Daryl Baxter,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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Dan Hurley's parents, Bob and Christine, looked like carbon copies of their son.—
Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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At the 2025 Venice Film Festival Julia Roberts and Amanda Seyfried wore carbon copy looks from Versace’s then creative director Dario Vitale, offering a would-be sneak peek at the incoming designer’s debut collection.—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2026
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The new restrictions on the airport would prevent two planes from landing in parallel on the airport’s longer east-west runways, reducing the number of flights that are able to land per hour.—
Danielle Echeverria,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2 Apr. 2026
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In parallel, the Advertising & Experiences team has delivered high-profile luxury campaigns for brands including Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, and Hermès.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twin. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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