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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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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
Experts say many multinational firms are adopting dual leadership models, where global business unit heads in India co-own strategy and product outcomes with their counterparts at headquarters.
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Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Specifically, supernovae derived from younger stellar populations appear fainter, while their older counterparts appear brighter.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Saddled with higher interest rates on their bonds, people in poor cities and towns today pay double the amount in property taxes, often suffer higher home-foreclosure rates, and wield paltrier education budgets compared with their wealthier counterparts.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
At the beginning of the industrial revolution, the big bosses considered women inferior to their male counterparts (weaker, more emotional, less reliable, and so forth).
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Beloved by liberal partisans and loathed by their counterparts, Pelosi was one of the last engineers of an old-school political machine that could count votes better than anyone in a generation.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Mass-market operators have upscale counterparts, and those tend to be on the smaller side.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
While this is perhaps not surprising — trade is a much smaller component of US GDP than China’s — American ports are also far less efficient than their Chinese counterparts; China produces about 95% of all shipping containers, and has cornered the global market in ship-to-shore cranes.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, their counterparts in Yuba County reported a stable overall output year-over-year, with the county’s $262 million agricultural value up about 2%.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
Specifically, supernovae derived from younger stellar populations appear fainter, while their older counterparts appear brighter.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Saddled with higher interest rates on their bonds, people in poor cities and towns today pay double the amount in property taxes, often suffer higher home-foreclosure rates, and wield paltrier education budgets compared with their wealthier counterparts.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
At the beginning of the industrial revolution, the big bosses considered women inferior to their male counterparts (weaker, more emotional, less reliable, and so forth).
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Beloved by liberal partisans and loathed by their counterparts, Pelosi was one of the last engineers of an old-school political machine that could count votes better than anyone in a generation.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Mass-market operators have upscale counterparts, and those tend to be on the smaller side.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
While this is perhaps not surprising — trade is a much smaller component of US GDP than China’s — American ports are also far less efficient than their Chinese counterparts; China produces about 95% of all shipping containers, and has cornered the global market in ship-to-shore cranes.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, their counterparts in Yuba County reported a stable overall output year-over-year, with the county’s $262 million agricultural value up about 2%.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterparts
Noun
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Both remain short of the team equivalents in the United States.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Dry cereal, such as Cheerios, Kix, Chex, or store-brand equivalents.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
21 Dec. 2025
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For the rest of her images, Kardashian modeled the see-through lace dress in various parts of the island paradise, also including some pictures that were just part of the scenery.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Like William Klein’s pictures, Roversi’s incorporate accidents, light flares, blur, even damage.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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Cruz also pressed his Democratic colleagues to join a bipartisan request for the DOJ to turn over the evidentiary basis for the subpoenas, arguing transparency was necessary to assess whether the secrecy orders were justified.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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Last year, following Hoda Kotb's January 2025 departure, the fourth hour of the morning show was retitled Today With Jenna & Friends, and saw Hager joined by a rotating cast of A-listers and colleagues to help her anchor the program.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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When the day of the follow-up scan finally arrived, the mystery was solved—not triplets, but twins.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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In addition to the twins, Alex and Chloe each have older daughters from previous relationships.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Would this rhetoric spread and become mainstream among many of my peers?—
Eli Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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Their mom, Alyssa Crawford, shared two images of herself with her daughter Violet, with text alluding to the 4-year-old’s height being smaller than her peers.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The ascent takes about an hour, and venders along the way sell religious images and replicas of the cross, as well as roasted corn and Inca Kola.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Mural Arts also is partnering with the Philadelphia Historic District on sculptures for next year’s 52 Weeks of Firsts programming and with the Bells Across PA program to create Liberty Bell replicas in neighborhoods throughout the city.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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For example, emotion AI (when AI identifies human emotions) can help people with difficulty identifying emotions make sense of their meeting partners on video conferencing platforms like Zoom.—
Rachel Curry,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk raised fears of political violence in America as well as questions about the responsibility of social media companies pertaining to images of violence posted on their platforms.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Campaign ads, showing images of flash-mob robberies, promised voters that harsher penalties would put an end to basic items being locked away in display cases and funnel people repeatedly arrested for drug offenses in treatment.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Counterparts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterparts. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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