variants
or doppelgangers
as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelgänger
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Noun
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For many adults, the beauty book triggered memories of a pre-social-media childhood spent cutting pictures out of magazines and pasting them into notebooks.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026 -
These are big walleyes, the kind sportsmen pose with for pictures in the local newspapers.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In mythology, the twins balance day and night, or sun and moon.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The new twins were observed in the Baraka family and marked the seventh gorilla birth recorded in the park since the start of the year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Federal authorities allege in an indictment that the images portrayed of dogs raised and offered for sale at the Giant German Shepherd Ranch in Hopkins County were a disguise for a place where, instead, cruelty and neglect were rampant.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The observatory later shared images from its SkyCam and HamCam2 cameras, showing the meteor as a greenish streak moving from north to south.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Masses of pro-government supporters gathered in Tehran last night, holding flags and portraits of Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.—
Rebecca Shabad,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
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Indian portraits, too, were typically studio-based, meaning that individuals were literally removed from any landscape.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Doppelgängers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4ngers. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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