identical twins

Definition of identical twinsnext
plural of identical twin
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Noun
  • But Ohtani entered Wednesday with four doubles and 10 hits total in five games against the Angels and Padres.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026
  • Our cabin consisted of five rooms of varying size, three singles and three doubles.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • Foundayo uses a different active ingredient than Lilly's blockbuster injectables Mounjaro and Zepbound, while Novo's Wegovy pill is essentially an extension of the company's injectable equivalents.
    Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • But, after a period of upheaval that has few equivalents in recent OM history, there are signs the club’s decision-makers are getting serious about tamping down the flames.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Removing duplicates will not alter the substantive analysis ED must conduct for each borrower, or the order in which ED processes requests.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Once designed, both the dresses and the tuxedo had to be replicated in duplicates to accommodate the stunt doubles and the mess that would ensue while shooting the final scene of the wedding night.
    Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Also, the two opposing narratives were mirror images of each other in volume and posting cadence, suggesting that the same culprit may have been amplifying both sides of the fight.
    Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
  • Not just related to the writing process, replicas and their cousins (mirror images, lookalikes, doubles/multiples) appear throughout the book across generations, and between friends and strangers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The summit is meant to showcase France’s new policy for the continent — a shift from a former colonial power seen as dominating to what Paris describes as a partnership of equals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Pernod’s offer, while billed as a merger of equals, gave rise to thorny issues that the two sides couldn’t square.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 May 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
  • Still, the Braves won the series and went 4-2 over six games against the Dodgers and Cubs, their peers atop the National League’s hierarchy.
    Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
  • As a child, Simmons was overweight and suffered bullying at the hands of his peers.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The similarities even extend into leadership style.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • For all their conspicuous differences, Adams and Jefferson shared some important similarities that bound them in these early days.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
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“Identical twins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twins. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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