as in twin
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined dual axles

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Recent Examples of dual Two days later, Israel received the body of Itay Chen, the last Israeli-American dual citizen whose remains were held in Gaza. Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025 This dual mechanism boosts protection and supports overall formula stability. Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 The new Hypermotards retain the underseat dual exhausts, slender waist, and tall, wide-bar riding stance. New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025 Whole-home Wi-Fi mesh systems bring wall-to-wall coverage without dead zones, and compact dual-band picks keep apartments fast without overspending. PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dual
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  • To better understand how solar wind energy interacts with Mars’ atmosphere and magnetic environment, and how that might have altered the planet's surface, NASA and the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory are sending twin orbiters to the Red Planet.
    Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2025
  • In a twist, the babies turned out to be boys, just like Dante and his twin brother.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
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  • The festival featured a range of 252 titles (comprising features, shorts, series and immersive works) hailing from 79 countries this year, with 41 percent of works from female and non-binary filmmakers.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • His win shows a collective institutional political fatigue, and inspires hope, in a particularly dark time, that there is new light and new solutions to be found in American politics beyond the binary confines of institutional Democrats.
    Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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  • James Watson, who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died at age 97.
    Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Using what was known about biology at the time and X-ray images, the two determined that DNA had a double-helix structure - like a twisted ladder, with each rung made up of a pair of chemicals.
    Reuters, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Dual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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