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

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Recent Examples of dual The accommodation includes an owner’s suite with a study, two dressing rooms, and dual bathrooms, plus three VIPs, four doubles, and two twins. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 June 2026 Additionally, 20 other entities have been added to a watch list for dual-use items, according to the ministry. ABC News, 29 June 2026 Most recently, Snyder oversaw the guidance department, state reporting, student assessments, master scheduling, teacher evaluations and Munster High School’s dual credit programming. Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 That dual-use tension is the anvil under the whole Fable and Mythos episode. Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dual
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Adjective
  • The powerful twin earthquakes have hit Venezuela’s northern coast hard, killing at least 32 people and collapsing dozens of buildings, according to the country’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • The aircraft also includes a twin vertical tail, a chin air intake, and a single exhaust.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026
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  • The binary dichotomy is the beginning of the question of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish homeland, a question of legitimacy that is applied to only one nation in the world.
    Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
  • The offering includes binary option contracts based on the Mini-S&P 500 Index, the company said in a press release on Tuesday.
    Justina Lee, CNBC, 24 June 2026
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  • And that put him in position to score easily on Tommy Edman’s double to the center-field warning track for the first run of the game.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Geraldo Perdomo, on second base after a one-out double, raced home trying to score on Corbin Carroll’s single to right.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026

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“Dual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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