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Recent Examples of alter ego In Action Comics #2 (July 1938), Superman’s four-eyed alter ego, Clark Kent, sends a picture of the military situation in the fictional South American republic of San Monte to his employer, the Cleveland Evening News. Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025 There’s also a playful side threaded through the record, embodied in the reappearance of his alter ego, Billy Bob Bo Bob — a kind of fantastical trickster figure he’s inhabited before. Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Aug. 2025 The soundtrack blends a Carter Burwell score with tracks produced by Antonoff, including a new recording by Brittany Howard; a cast performance by Qualley, Plaza and Talia Ryder; and original songs by Lace Manhattan and Dixie Normus, the musical alter egos of Qualley and Ryder. Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025 It’s been over four decades since Cassandra Peterson first brought her sexy and sassy alter ego Elvira, Mistress of the Dark to television screens, putting a bodacious spin on the movie mocking horror schtick popularized by Vampira and Sinister Seymour before her. Lina Lecaro, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alter ego
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Noun
  • The two men became friends, or at least acquaintances, in the late 1980s and had a falling out in 2004.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Police began their investigation by focusing on Lauryn and Owen's classmates and friends, and when the investigation stalled, the FBI eventually traced the messages to someone nobody expected.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • States that sell specialty plates can prohibit images such as the Confederate flag, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The team returned a year later with more advanced, color cameras to record every inch of the wreckage, including the ship’s swimming pool, grand staircase and bow, generating iconic images still familiar today.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The highlight of the weekend, aside from time with friends and family, was witnessing my buddy Brian get his first hole-in-one, which was amazing!
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Besides his buddy Dixon’s persistent pitch, the chance to improve his pro prospects was alluring.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The twins have increasingly relied on silhouettes that consist of a strip tube top or bandeau top, a tiny miniskirt, and a long, layered jacket, and once again, both brothers are doing the same thing.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Though Twinless is a movie all about twins, writer-director and star James Sweeney is not a twin himself.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Now, what’s wrong with that picture?
    Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There was a sharp spike in job cuts during August, new data shows, as employers shed staff due to a worsening economic picture.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Creator @tinalemac shared her step-by-step process for transforming a plain IKEA mirror into a high-end replica using nothing more than tin foil and air-dry clay.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Acutis' tomb in Assisi—his body displayed in a wax replica and dressed in casual clothes and sneakers—has become a major pilgrimage site, and relics associated with him have toured internationally.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the clues as to what was happening were written on the images, allowing mission personnel to experiment on a clone of the camera, in a laboratory setting.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
  • By offering personalized engagement, clones build audiences, generate mailing lists, and drive product sales in a way traditional media cannot.
    Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The company suggest that data inherited from legacy systems is often outdated, riddled with duplicates, inconsistencies, or poorly structured coding frameworks.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Our review of these records suggests these types of duplicates are uncommon.
    Pratheek Rebala, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025

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