variants or doppelganger

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Recent Examples of doppelgänger White is a record-breaking snowboarder, while Dobrev played Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce (the hottest vampire of all time and her doppelgänger) on The CW’s Vampire Diaries. Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025 And to fans of the 27-year-old Pace University grad, his looks have earned him one more covetable status — Leonardo DiCaprio's doppelgänger. Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 When her mother leaves the room for a moment, she's accosted by a demonic entity that toys with her through funhouse-style reflections, creating this evil doppelganger of Judy. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025 Participants begin with live actors in red dresses, then transition into VR where ghostly avatars, fragmented scenes of loss, and an uncanny doppelgänger encounter unfold. Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 The directing duo’s last film, Ordinary Love (2019), was the tender study of a middle-age couple dealing with cancer, and, in a weird way, Saipan is its dark doppelganger. Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025 What follows is a little like a black-comedy riff on a scene from Breaking Bad or Dexter as the duo chop up the corpse of the Peacemaker doppelganger to cover up the accidental killing. Scott Meslow, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025 Gants, also Gigi Hadid's doppelgänger, walked away with a $100,000 contract with Rimmel London cosmetics and earned a fashion spread in Paper magazine. James Mercadante, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025 Two weeks later, Finn – Phoebe’s doppelganger – appeared and ran right to a rescuer, just like Phoebe had. Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doppelgänger
Noun
  • From meeting friends who led lives beyond their wildest dreams to discovering themselves surrounded by expensive clothes and flashy cars, the twins were introduced to a whole new world.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In 2009, the couple welcomed twins Bob and Max, who were born six weeks prematurely, and required a prolonged hospital stay.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The images could look livelier this season.
    Rob Rossi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The initiative, which aims to strengthen the country’s image abroad and attract foreign industry by promoting the Brazilian film industry, is the result of a Technical and Financial Cooperation Agreement between the two organizations.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the core of the GOP’s shutdown argument is painting a grim picture of any non-citizen receiving any government benefit.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • My adoptive parents had refused to allow contact or send pictures, and didn’t tell me about her attempt to communicate with us for years after the fact.
    Nicole Chung, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The same could be said of Piccioli, whose muses include the French actor Isabelle Huppert — portraits of whom were shared as a teaser prior to the show.
    Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • On Instagram through the years, he's shared many glimpses into that time in his life, from school portraits and prom pics to Christmas memories and beyond.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While black women were more likely to die from any kind of breast cancer, for certain types of breast cancer black women had up to a 50% higher risk of dying than their white counterparts.
    Dr. Noor Shaik, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Polis has sought to avoid public fights with the federal government over immigration, unlike his more publicly defiant counterparts in Illinois and California.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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