variants or doppelganger

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Recent Examples of doppelgänger 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 The story line is primarily a way to explore Annie’s insecurities, with Hughie made to feel guilty and regretful about his dalliance with the doppelgänger instead of ever getting to process his own reaction to the revelation. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025 Examples of play, continued The doppelgänger Mel and Ilya, for their own reasons, stalk Heidi and Sky back to the hotel room where the Maenad and Dragon engage in carnal relations. Linda Codega, Them, 14 Feb. 2025 Was it written in the script that he’d be interviewed by a doppelgänger? Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doppelgänger
Noun
  • Over at Fyre Drill, Viking twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut will invite teams of Vikings to compete to outscore and out-soak each other on this water ride.
    Samantha Neely, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Saldaña and husband Marco Perego have done their best to keep their boys, Zen, 8, and twins Bowie and Cy, 10, out of the spotlight.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • To backtrack: Sepideh Farsi was compelled by the images coming out of Gaza to travel there.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
  • Russia is playing for time, evidently, and amassing forces on the eastern frontline, drone images show, ahead of a likely summer offensive.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • In the joint post, the couple shared several pictures of themselves with their 2½-year-old son Merrick Avery.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • The strike notice followed an industrial inquiry commission report on the negotiations that painted a bleak picture of Canada Post’s financial health.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Some portraits explore sexuality more overtly than others, but all can be read in the spirit of the exhibition.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
  • This portrait of a chef who moved from Japan in the 1970s delivers a generous helping of warm and fuzzy feels, as its subject faces challenges with determination and celebrates the daily joy of creating beautiful bites.
    Leslie Kelly, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, their moderate counterparts desire greater tax relief for those states with higher state and local tax systems and more generous assurances for Medicaid coverage.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 May 2025
  • The union says its members want parity with their counterparts who work for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.
    Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 16 May 2025

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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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