dead ringer
noun
: someone who looks exactly like someone else
She's a dead ringer for my cousin Julie.
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Despite the 2025 refresh, the new Apple MacBook Pro 14 is a dead ringer for the last one.
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PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Law as a dead ringer for ’90s Damon Albarn, who knew?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Then came Splash, in which Candy simultaneously supports Tom Hanks like a seasoned pro and steals the movie, and more than one of the doc’s talking heads points out that his hedonistic, smooth-talking character is a dead ringer for Johnny Toronto.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Canoe Bay's prairie-style homes are a dead ringer for a Frank Lloyd Wright design.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2025
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PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Law as a dead ringer for ’90s Damon Albarn, who knew?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Then came Splash, in which Candy simultaneously supports Tom Hanks like a seasoned pro and steals the movie, and more than one of the doc’s talking heads points out that his hedonistic, smooth-talking character is a dead ringer for Johnny Toronto.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Canoe Bay's prairie-style homes are a dead ringer for a Frank Lloyd Wright design.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Dead ringer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20ringer. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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