identical twins

Definition of identical twinsnext
plural of identical twin

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Noun
  • Nico Hoerner, batting leadoff for the first time this season, was 3-for-5 with two doubles while Matt Shaw had two hits and drove in two runs for the Cubs (3-3).
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Ciccone had a pair of doubles, three RBIs and scored a run for the Lions.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Rock stars and their equivalents in other genres often develop their craft in obscurity before being discovered; idols are apprentices, trained exhaustively by their management companies.
    Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Short-term money market funds and cash equivalents can offer places to hide from the volatility.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some were duplicates, so the final tally was 15.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Liann and Taylor are like mirror images of one another, each with a bent knee resting on the window and the other foot on the floor.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Duality comes up a lot in Cameron’s work—alter egos, inner contradictions, mirror images.
    Nicola Dall'Asen, Allure, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The women had been made to sit silently in the gallery while the male attendees debated whether they should be allowed to participate as equals.
    Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • While the Chicago retail footprint isn’t expected to grow, O’Rourke believes the merger of relative equals will help both banks continue to build business.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Dan Hurley's parents, Bob and Christine, looked like carbon copies of their son.
    Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Opposite Friends Song Friends don’t have to be carbon copies of each other—or do all the things the other one does in exactly the same way.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Consider enrolling in a class or talking about philosophical ideas with your peers, because such bold curiosity presently translates into mental growth.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Often, peers are thought of as friends.
    Amy Morin, Parents, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And the similarities don’t stop there.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Birch sees similarities between Wagler and Braun, who won an NBA title with the Denver Nuggets after helping KU win the 2022 national championship.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Identical twins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twins. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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