counterparts

noun

plural of counterpart
1
as in equivalents
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value she worked with her counterpart in the other office to get the job done

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2
as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another the daughter is her mother's counterpart in somewhat reduced form

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Recent Examples of counterparts Older citizens are also often more politically active than their younger counterparts. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026 Watching their live-action counterparts run it back is a slog. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 July 2026 Teams have less information on them, and have to project further into the future on evaluations, compared to their college counterparts. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 But that belief doesn’t appear to align with reality, as according to recent studies, women may receive significantly less in Social Security benefits than their male counterparts. — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 10 July 2026 Although the Swiss wear red like the Chiefs, Switzerland fans figure to be greatly outnumbered by counterparts wearing the sky blue and white of Argentina. — Pj Green july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 Despite performing as well or better than their male counterparts, though, the Lovelace Woman in Space Program was conducted separately from NASA, and the space agency required that its astronauts be test pilots with jet time. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 Like their counterparts in the founding generation, most 19th century reformers had their own prejudices and their own ideas about whose liberation mattered most. — Brian Delay, Mercury News, 4 July 2026 Unlike their American counterparts, Chinese firms often benefit from subsidies, tax incentives, access to launch facilities, and investments from provincial governments. — Rainer Zitelmann, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterparts
  1. equivalents
  2. pictures
  3. colleagues
  4. twins
  5. peers
  6. replicas
  7. partners
  8. images
Noun
  • Investor demand through vehicles like the iShares Bitcoin Trust's gold equivalents and physical ETFs has expanded the accessible buyer base.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Google describes the resulting deployment as about 50 server-equivalents worth of compute at a fraction of the usual cost.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 July 2026
Definition of equivalents
Noun
  • The training session ended with players signing autographs and taking pictures with fans.
    — Zuri Primos July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • There were also pictures circulated of Wells at a pool party, which was rumored to be the last place he was seen on July 4, but in fact had been taken the weekend before his disappearance, as Rolling Stone reported.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
Definition of pictures
Noun
  • Hashesh and her colleagues detailed their findings in a study published today in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
  • This story is based on dozens of interviews with Jean, her friends and colleagues, law enforcement officials, psychologists, academics and experts in the field of romance scams, as well as a review of more than 10,000 messages.
    — Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • Little Notes • Laura sees that Mary is still upset by what happened at the James house and attempts to smooth things over with a cookie and acknowledging how awful the twins are, but Mary isn’t ready to forgive her sister just yet.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
  • She's had pregnancies most years since then, including several sets of twins, the records show.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of twins
Noun
  • Like at peers Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, a massive beat in equities trading drove the quarter's outsized results.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Consultants found the county was spending less on public education than its peers.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • So, when these replicas replace an emotion as deep and universal as mourning, the emotional landscape of the human being changes.
    — Gaia Alari, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Some of the deals have pages of guardrails and approval rights, setting down boundaries for any future use of these replicas.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Definition of replicas
Noun
  • Nvidia's current-generation Rubin systems are in full production and begin shipping this fall to eight cloud partners, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Muon and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection are both FireSat partners.
    — Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • Its concluding images emphasise a clichéd concept of motherhood, as though to put a neat bow on what was in fact a more complex story of trust, patience and everyday courage.
    — Elena Lazic, Variety, 15 July 2026
  • Van Hoytema fills the giant frame with imposing images shot in evocative international locations, grand and powerful in scale.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
Definition of images

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