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or doppelganger
as in twin
something or someone that strongly resembles another
at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelgänger
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Recent Examples of doppelgänger
No, the worst Christopher Reeve Superman film is not the embarrassing Cannon Films installment but rather the one featuring a world-class comedian, a woman turning into a computer, and a terrific junkyard battle between Clark Kent and his belligerent jerk doppelganger.
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Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Obsessed with one of Joy’s pals essentially being an Emily Mortimer doppelganger.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 June 2025
And then what are the bizarro, doppelganger character defects that accompany those characteristics?
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
And then there are the cats—dozens of them, prowling or stoic doppelgangers of the real-life felines who roamed Abercrombie’s Hyde Park Victorian.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
In the show, Sarah Manning (Maslany) witnesses the death of doppelganger Beth Childs (also Maslany), and realises they — and all the others — were created via the sinister experiments of Project Leda.
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—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
According to Pike and Diaz, around 10 million people across platforms weighed in, most of whom agreed that Christine was essentially Scherzinger's doppelgänger.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
This is fun sci-fi TV, doing twisty multiverse, evil-doppelgänger stuff really well.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2025
In desperation, Elisabeth conceives, and is viciously destroyed by, her own younger, more bankable doppelgänger.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Obsessed with one of Joy’s pals essentially being an Emily Mortimer doppelganger.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 June 2025
And then what are the bizarro, doppelganger character defects that accompany those characteristics?
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
And then there are the cats—dozens of them, prowling or stoic doppelgangers of the real-life felines who roamed Abercrombie’s Hyde Park Victorian.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
In the show, Sarah Manning (Maslany) witnesses the death of doppelganger Beth Childs (also Maslany), and realises they — and all the others — were created via the sinister experiments of Project Leda.
12.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
According to Pike and Diaz, around 10 million people across platforms weighed in, most of whom agreed that Christine was essentially Scherzinger's doppelgänger.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
This is fun sci-fi TV, doing twisty multiverse, evil-doppelgänger stuff really well.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2025
In desperation, Elisabeth conceives, and is viciously destroyed by, her own younger, more bankable doppelgänger.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doppelgänger
Noun
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Survivors include his wife, Maxine, an interior designer and artist; his children, Daisy, Doug, Sam and twins Jake and Zack; his grandchildren, Spencer, Jasper, Sienna, Ryan and Charlotte; and his daughters-in-law, Brett and Leah.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
21 July 2025
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Smile sadly at her, his face an eerie twin of her own.—
Mona Awad,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Check out images of the iconic statue over the years.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
29 July 2025
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Judging by Walters' press release, the suspicion appears to be that someone in the room had a phone, tablet, or laptop connected to or previously paired with the television, and that the images were coming from that machine.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Actor Paddy Considine shared a picture of Osbourne on Instagram.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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For trucking cases where liability can hinge on a phone interaction seconds before impact, logical extraction provides an incomplete and potentially misleading picture.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Noun
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There’s also a portrait of an adult Dolly in the lobby on the opposite side of the lobby.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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The family portraits in the set's side panels at the beginning of each episode are priceless.—
Lindsay Soll,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Losing patience with Putin, Trump has accused his Russian counterpart of being open to a ceasefire during private conversations, only to carry out attacks on Ukraine afterward.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
28 July 2025
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Those traits are evident now in his younger counterpart.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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