duplex 1 of 2

as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined a duplex apartment with all of the bedrooms on the second floor

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duplex

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noun

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Adjective
In the 1920s, as Wrigley gum output neared 10 billion sticks annually, William and Ada moved into a nine-bedroom duplex high above Lake Shore Drive. Amy Bizzarri, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025 The Harbourside House is a connected duplex with one bedroom on one side and two bedrooms on the other. Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
The project consists of 10 duplex-style homes of 1,300 square feet apiece, with three bedrooms, attached two-car garages and private yards. Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022 For the penthouses, Herzog and de Meuron worked alongside structural engineers AKT to create the unique features within each duplex penthouse and interior designer Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio to create lovely homes. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for duplex
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Adjective
  • Yet, in a dual-use conundrum, AI can also undermine mental health.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Fresh off Friday’s soft jobs report, the other side of the Fed’s dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability will take center stage in the coming days.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The remaining 149 owners will be people of means who might potentially buy the $59 million Unique triplex penthouse rising from floors 63 to 65.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Urban Cottages of Little Rock Stay like a local at Urban Cottages, a 1923 triplex in the Governor's Mansion District with all the architectural charm the area is known for.
    Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In that spirit, the exhibition resists the expectation that women and non-binary artists must define themselves in contrast to a male norm.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • New observations starting in 2028 may bring the tally of binary mergers to as many as 1,000 by around 2030, if the collaboration keeps its funding.
    Chad Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The jury at this trial saw records suggesting that Donna Adelson, who lived with her husband in a luxury Miami condo, had the means to fund the murder plot that cost over $100,000 with their son, who worked with them at the family’s thriving dentistry practice.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The condo was built in 1973 and the living area totals 1,574 square feet.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Metcalf died in his twin brother's arms.
    Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Kove talked about massive memory sharing to accelerate AI inference, Pliops was showing their AI-native memory stack and Cadence talked about complete digital twin data center design at the 2025 AI Infra Summit.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, novel current routing allows for maximum magnetic flux cancellation, contributing to the power module’s clean, low-loss electrical output—in other words, its ultrahigh efficiency, according to a press release.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • At Google scale, efficiency was essential.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Set entirely in a high-rise penthouse, PH-1 follows promising politician Payton Burnham (Kassen), who is held hostage by an anonymous captor and forced to watch as his life is systematically dismantled in real-time by both social and traditional media.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Equipped with a five-star spa, the MGM resort boasts roomside views of the famous Bellagio fountain, executive-level corner suites, and bookable penthouses.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wrightsman moved into her 7,000-square-foot floor-through in the 1950s, filling it with French antiques, and stayed until her death in 2019 at age 99.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Later, after the rest of the city’s inhabitants have been wiped out by a colossal storm, Baucis and Philemon issue their requests to the gods and are granted, first, a floor-through loft in Chinatown.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Duplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplex. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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