Thesaurus results for DUO

duo

noun

ˈdü-(ˌ)ō

as in pair

two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together the shy boy and his outgoing friend make an unlikely duo

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Recent Examples of duo Two suspects were arrested after Roseville police on Tuesday said the duo stole more than $180,000 worth of merchandise. —

Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026 The ambient-dub duo returns with a warm and mournful new record that seems to spend most of its runtime fading in and out. —

Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026 The duo are repped by CAA, Joanne Roberts Wiles at Black Bear, Johnson Shapiro, and Paula Woods Consultants. —

Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026 Here's every singer, duo or group who have canceled or postponed their tour or residency so far this year. —

Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for duo

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Noun

Alegría credited the pair’s experienced producing partners with helping guide them through the most unfamiliar process of preparing for the final cut and getting ready for the marketing, press, distribution conversations with Amazon as well as FilmNation.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 May 2026
Even Luke Skywalker dons a pair of beige Levi’s—transformed from a miner’s uniform into a symbol of rebellious cool by the likes of James Dean—to blend in with the desert sands of Tatooine, a former mining outpost.

— Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026