as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined
a binary star is a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
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Recent Examples of binary
Corrin in particular made history as the first non-binary awardee.
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 June 2026
There's an exclusion zone for planets in circumstellar orbits around binary stars in which a planet can get no closer than four times the binary period.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 June 2026
Yes, Talarico previously said God is non-binary and that there are, in fact, six genders in terms of chromosomal combinations.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 June 2026
Our sound crew was women and non-binary people.
—Nick Newman, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 June 2026
There's an exclusion zone for planets in circumstellar orbits around binary stars in which a planet can get no closer than four times the binary period.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 June 2026
Yes, Talarico previously said God is non-binary and that there are, in fact, six genders in terms of chromosomal combinations.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 June 2026
Our sound crew was women and non-binary people.
—Nick Newman, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for binary
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The scoot rolls on 15-inch wheels front and rear with grippy Maxxis tires, with braking coming in the form of 275-mm dual discs at the front and a 275-mm single disc at the rear.—
Utkarsh Sood
June 13,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
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Cheering the all-for-one and one-for-all of this team of dual nationals and Americans raised abroad — or in Alabama?—
Mirjam Swanson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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In September 2023, a jury acquitted three men, twin brothers William and Michael Null, and Eric Molitor.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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The digital twin framework is designed to function as an active feedback loop between these two systems.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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“Binary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binary. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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