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as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
over the years the state's other senator became his alter ego as well as his political ally
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as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the hero of the novel is clearly the author's alter ego, right down to his receding hairline and middle-aged paunch
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Recent Examples of alter ego
That’s why Juan Jamón (Jon Hamm’s alter ego) can go from Bad Bunny’s residency to cameoing on SNL so quickly.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2025
That's despite the fact that the Task star has played the comic-book character of the Hulk and his alter ego Bruce Banner in several previous films of the franchise.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Tim Herrin, who suffered through a rocky regular season that included a couple of trips to Columbus, simply morphs into his (teammate-coined) alter ego, Jim Herrin.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Undoubtedly the most recognizable piece of Ziggy Stardust’s look was his hair—a red mullet, which Bowie repeated for another alter ego, Aladdin Sane.
—Vicky Vera, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2025
That's despite the fact that the Task star has played the comic-book character of the Hulk and his alter ego Bruce Banner in several previous films of the franchise.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Tim Herrin, who suffered through a rocky regular season that included a couple of trips to Columbus, simply morphs into his (teammate-coined) alter ego, Jim Herrin.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Undoubtedly the most recognizable piece of Ziggy Stardust’s look was his hair—a red mullet, which Bowie repeated for another alter ego, Aladdin Sane.
—Vicky Vera, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alter ego
Noun
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Instead of disclosing her condition to her employer and circles of friends, Sickler pulled back from modeling with little explanation, thinking that the absence of her hair would certainly result in the loss of her contract.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Whenever family or friends came to visit, our first stop was always El's.—
Abby Price,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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Its images have illuminated how galaxies form, evolve and recycle their material through generations of star birth and death.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Cranston was among those who raised concerns when the initial launch of the AI video platform allowed users to create his image without his permission.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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Misconstrued by many as something akin to an extended Henny Youngman routine, Portnoy’s Complaint more closely resembled, according to Albert Goldman, the comedic world of adolescent Roth and his buddies, with its audacity, ferocity, originality, and sheer fecundity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Once buddies, Robert and Alfred are now rivals.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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The birth will be in San Diego, about 250 miles south of Santa Barbara, and as with the twins, McAnally and Baum plan to be present for it.—
Nancy Kruh,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Rather than running the cars on the track with different tires, transmissions, and weather conditions to find the recipe for optimal performance, teams are creating digital twins of entire systems and modeling them with simulations.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The big-picture story isn’t any better.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Nearly six months later, though, a slightly different picture is emerging; ironically, a glance at Rotten Tomatoes — more of which later — shows that the film is now firmly rated just about Fresh with critics and audiences alike, with approval scores of 69% and 65%, respectively.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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In his fourth professional season, Watson’s offensive role off the bench is likely to expand beyond the baseline, where he’s been used in the past as both a corner spot-up shooter and an Aaron Gordon dunker spot replica.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Not a full-size kitchen, of course, but rather a miniature replica of a kitchen, a tiny kitchen with a tiny table where two tiny dolls sit, blank-eyed and smiling and ready to eat an invisible meal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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The labels have for the most part taken a cautiously experimental approach to AI music in the past several years, granting licenses to a few companies to create tools like AI voice clones or music generators, but suing several developers who didn’t get licenses for their models.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Delphi’s digital clones embody that vision.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Dedicate budget and time to remove duplicates, reconcile systems and build a consistent data model.—
David Kelley,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sort all the items by category so they can be grouped together, get rid of unnecessary duplicates, and re-home items that can be stored elsewhere.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Alter ego.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alter%20ego. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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