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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Recent Examples of duplex
Adjective
This initiative presents an opportunity to reintroduce a long-missing scale of housing — duplexes, fourplexes, courtyard buildings — that truly fits within and is compatible with existing neighborhoods and expands housing choice. Geoffrey Hueter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025 The foursome is soon snowed in, preventing them from leaving, and each character is quickly sequestered to their own quarters in the rustic duplex. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 June 2025
Noun
The duplex home of renowned art collector, dealer, interior designer and philanthropist Hester Diamond recently listed for $19.5 million. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplex
Adjective
  • Ali didn’t give a timeline, but said a dual listing would help access capital and benefit from the higher valuations for tech companies in the US.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
  • Whether the singles were planned or coincidental, the dual release has fans tuned in.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Apparently a six-bedroom, six-and-a-half-bath triplex spread across 9,000 square feet, which included walk-in closets the size of studio apartments.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 20 June 2025
  • Under those rules, a St. Paul duplex or triplex that is not owner-occupied may lease out one short-term rental.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • The team found that binary coding could store messages 10 times longer than Morse code.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
  • Boards are now forced into a binary decision: double down—pay up for ex-banker talent, spin up second-line compliance, turn ISO 20022 into a religion—or retreat to pure subscription margins and hope the competition does the same.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Some longtime condo residents, all men, had invited Mark to play poker one evening.
    Michelle Johnson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Luxury unit sales are booming, but overall condo sales are in a slump, despite prices holding steady, as middle class buyers find condo ownership increasingly out of reach.
    CD Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Written and directed by Coogler, Sinners stars the filmmaker’s Black Panther and Creed collaborator Jordan as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return home to Mississippi in 1932 after serving in World War I and working for the mob in Chicago.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • The play begins on the morning of 9/11, when Jane, a Brooklyn schoolteacher-turned-stay-at-home mom of 8-year-old twin boys, discovers that her husband, Gabe, has likely perished, along with nearly 2,800 others, in the terrorist attacks on the twin towers.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, niche and local players who master efficiency and identity—like Dragonfly and Goodlyfe—can still carve out major wins.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Arredondo is not alone in that sentiment as the legal profession, like so many other industries, tries to balance the efficiency gains offered by AI with safety.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • With an in-suite elevator, a private entrance, high ceilings and a foyer home to 100-year-old olive trees, this duplex four-bedroom penthouse is fit for royalty and celebrities, like Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who stayed here during the hotel’s grand opening.
    Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • As of June 1, about 40 households had signed leases for apartments ranging in size from 613-square-foot one-bedrooms to 2,100-square-foot penthouses.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Another one of her rental listings, also a floor-through but configured as a three-bed, two-bath, rented to the first people who saw it.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 May 2025
  • Two floor-through units on the third and fourth floors sat above an owner’s duplex with bedrooms at the garden level and living spaces on the parlor floor.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2025

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“Duplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplex. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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