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

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Recent Examples of dual Ali didn’t give a timeline, but said a dual listing would help access capital and benefit from the higher valuations for tech companies in the US. Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 20 June 2025 With a statewide goal to increase the number of high school graduates with 12+ dual enrollment units by 15% by 2030, Pedroza and Salloum thought, why not offer this opportunity to middle school students? Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 19 June 2025 These dual perspectives are essential to capturing the full depth of the narrative. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 June 2025 More than 110,000 students took AP, IB, AICE, dual enrollment or career education courses in Florida last year, according to the Legislature. Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dual
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  • Written and directed by Coogler, Sinners stars the filmmaker’s Black Panther and Creed collaborator Jordan as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return home to Mississippi in 1932 after serving in World War I and working for the mob in Chicago.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • The play begins on the morning of 9/11, when Jane, a Brooklyn schoolteacher-turned-stay-at-home mom of 8-year-old twin boys, discovers that her husband, Gabe, has likely perished, along with nearly 2,800 others, in the terrorist attacks on the twin towers.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The team found that binary coding could store messages 10 times longer than Morse code.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
  • Boards are now forced into a binary decision: double down—pay up for ex-banker talent, spin up second-line compliance, turn ISO 20022 into a religion—or retreat to pure subscription margins and hope the competition does the same.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • After a crew chief review, it was ruled a double, giving the Mets a 7-4 lead.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
  • Volpe has a career .333 batting average (6-for-18) with a double against him.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 21 June 2025

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“Dual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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