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

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Recent Examples of dual However, Moore is a strong dual-threat weapon that catches, runs, and blocks. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 Kyrene del Norte, like Kyrene de los Lagos, would remain a dual-language school but become open enrollment only, and Kyrene del Milenio would be repurposed as a dedicated gifted academy. Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025 One of the suspects has dual citizenship in France and Mali, and the other is a dual citizen of France and Algeria, investigators said, adding that both were already known to police from past burglary cases. Lilia Geho, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025 Hudson plans to enroll in a dual-credit program at Waukesha County Technical College to earn certifications while in high school. Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 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 10 Nov. 2025.

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