as in different
being not of the same kind
the nonidentical bullet fragments were presented as evidence that more than one gun was involved
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Recent Examples of nonidentical
The likelihood of giving birth to nonidentical twins three times in a row is very low, said Angela Silber, the doctor who delivered Alarcon’s latest twins via C-section last month after seeing that one of the babies was in a breech position.
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Washington Post, 6 May 2022
Started in 2018 by British public health researcher Tim Spector, the study has followed more than 1,100 mostly healthy adults in the U.S. and Britain, including hundreds of identical and nonidentical twins.
—Anahad O’Connor New York Times, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
Not only does face blindness often run in families, but the face-recognition ability of identical twins is much more similar than that of nonidentical ones.
—Sarah Bate, Scientific American, 26 Dec. 2019
The toddlers, 18 months to 24 months old, included 250 children who were developing normally (41 pairs of identical twins, 42 pairs of nonidentical twins and 84 children unrelated to each other).
—Pam Belluck, New York Times, 12 July 2017
Washington Post, 6 May 2022
Started in 2018 by British public health researcher Tim Spector, the study has followed more than 1,100 mostly healthy adults in the U.S. and Britain, including hundreds of identical and nonidentical twins.
—Anahad O’Connor New York Times, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
Not only does face blindness often run in families, but the face-recognition ability of identical twins is much more similar than that of nonidentical ones.
—Sarah Bate, Scientific American, 26 Dec. 2019
The toddlers, 18 months to 24 months old, included 250 children who were developing normally (41 pairs of identical twins, 42 pairs of nonidentical twins and 84 children unrelated to each other).
—Pam Belluck, New York Times, 12 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonidentical
Adjective
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These gains appeared across different growing conditions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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That's because nudity can take on drastically different meanings.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Recognizing the value of diverse skills, creating mutual trust, and deliberately building team cohesion are lessons every executive can apply on Earth.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The United States became more demographically diverse, and fewer people were married from 2023 to 2024.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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After the very recent birth of their child, Un has taken a break from the all-consuming demands of restaurateuring to attend to the entirely distinct all-consuming demands of early parenthood.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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After monitoring them for two years, the researchers directly observed the birth of two different species of males with distinct genomes from a single queen.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s no barbecue in Georgia quite like Fresh Air’s, and no restaurant better represents the state’s storied and distinctive style.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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The brands that survive won’t be the most polished—they’ll be the most distinctive.—
Erik Huberman,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Nonidentical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonidentical. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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