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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
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.
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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
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
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There were times when the twins didn’t want to take their medication and would rather have been normal kids out playing on the playground.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Other kids in the famous brood include daughters Lucy (Nicholas’ twin) and Mary, 4.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Back then—those heady, almost nostalgic days leading up to the NCAA adopting its interim name, image and likeness policy—the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) had assembled a task force to draft model NIL legislation for states to plug and play.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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At Tibet’s Jiama copper mine, a powerful electromagnetic survey produced high-resolution images more than 9,840 feet (3,000 meters) below the surface.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There are pictures of them making out online.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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While the movie was stalled, Garner and Madonna remained in each others orbit, with the two posing for a picture at photographer and filmmaker Steven Klein’s May 2023 birthday party.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Uzbek artist Feruza Kholkhujaeva filled courtyards with potted plants that will slowly die, a portrait of grief.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Wolitzer’s debut novel, about a trio of college students each obsessed with a different dead poet, is both a striking coming-of-age story and a compelling portrait of grief.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Republicans, women, older adults, and people living in the South are consistently more religious than their counterparts.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Like their counterparts abroad, some American tobacco smokers in the Cold War era continued to roll their own cigarettes.—
Robert M. Ehrenreich,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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