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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
Nonetheless, Clark feels complete kinship with his bulgy, bloody 12-foot doppelgänger.
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Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Ozzy’s widow Sharon Osbourne and son Jack Osbourne revealed plans for the digital doppelganger this week at the Licensing Expo trade show in Las Vegas.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Outside of his doppelgänger's appearance on Thursday's live show, Obama himself has actually appeared as a guest on The View in the past.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
Paul McCartney, tonight’s actual musical guest, was up first, playing into the doppelganger Ferrell-Smith bit and confusing the two.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 16 May 2026
The beloved Sesame Street character, or rather, its doppelganger, has been spotted Down Under.
—Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Like her on-screen doppelgänger, Wintour is a mom of two — sharing son Charles and daughter Bee with her first husband, psychiatrist David Shaffer.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
The polished nickel-finish frame on Pottery Barn’s Aveline vanity is virtually a doppelganger to the original vanities still installed in my 1930s Normandy-style house.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
At a Goop-like wellness empire built on female empowerment, Alice meets her doppelganger — a shinier, breezier British import who promptly steals her promotion.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Ozzy’s widow Sharon Osbourne and son Jack Osbourne revealed plans for the digital doppelganger this week at the Licensing Expo trade show in Las Vegas.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Outside of his doppelgänger's appearance on Thursday's live show, Obama himself has actually appeared as a guest on The View in the past.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
Paul McCartney, tonight’s actual musical guest, was up first, playing into the doppelganger Ferrell-Smith bit and confusing the two.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 16 May 2026
The beloved Sesame Street character, or rather, its doppelganger, has been spotted Down Under.
—Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Like her on-screen doppelgänger, Wintour is a mom of two — sharing son Charles and daughter Bee with her first husband, psychiatrist David Shaffer.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
The polished nickel-finish frame on Pottery Barn’s Aveline vanity is virtually a doppelganger to the original vanities still installed in my 1930s Normandy-style house.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
At a Goop-like wellness empire built on female empowerment, Alice meets her doppelganger — a shinier, breezier British import who promptly steals her promotion.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doppelgänger
Noun
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Maddox, 24; Pax, 22; Zahara, 21; Shiloh, 20; and 17-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The pair would go on to welcome twins, Schuyler and Aquinnah, in 1995, followed by daughter Esmé in 2001.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The last image was another of the couple together, with Derek once again holding Rumer’s belly.—
Laura Millar,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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The images showed how quarks carrying different fractions of the pion’s momentum are distributed across the particle.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Stop in Jackson Park to tour the new Obama Presidential Center, with interactive exhibits, a life-sized Oval Office replica, and a panoramic Sky Room overlooking Chicago.—
Midwest Living,
Midwest Living,
12 June 2026
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While the original fort no longer stands, a full-scale replica of the original was built and opened to the public in 2025.—
Amy Galo,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Live Share enables real-time collaborative editing and debugging without requiring teammates to clone repos or configure matching environments.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
10 June 2026
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Statistically, Llamas and Kyles are virtual clones in some categories.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The neighborhood/area Bilbao has an industrial character that is both more modern and more traditional than its popular counterpart, San Sebastián, and the Artist sits in the revitalized upper edge of the Abando District.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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The head is brown to black and has several ivory to yellowish spots, which helps separate it from its native counterpart, the smoke-tree sharpshooter.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Some of those same fans were present Monday evening, watching the national team through gaps in the outer fence around Rock Chalk Park or holding their phones above the fence to take pictures and video.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026
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To get a full picture of the effect of this recent increase in wildfire frequency and intensity, a team of researchers fed surface ozone levels and premature death data into a deep-learning model.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
8 June 2026
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David Hockney, the British artist most famous for his 1960s paintings of Los Angeles swimming pools and double portraits rendered in vivid acrylic paints, died at his London home on Thursday, June 11, at age 88.—
Constance W. Glenn,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
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That year also saw Hockney’s first appearance in Vogue, a group portrait with fellow painters Howard Hodgkin, John Howlin, and Ian Stephenson.—
Robin Muir,
Vogue,
12 June 2026
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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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