duplex 1 of 2

as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined a duplex apartment with all of the bedrooms on the second floor

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duplex

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noun

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Adjective
The project consists of 10 duplex-style homes of 1,300 square feet apiece, with three bedrooms, attached two-car garages and private yards. Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022 For the penthouses, Herzog and de Meuron worked alongside structural engineers AKT to create the unique features within each duplex penthouse and interior designer Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio to create lovely homes. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022
Noun
Property records show that Olson’s company, RENT-ME LLC, has owned the duplex where Welton lives in the 1400 block of East 123rd Street since April 2020. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025 Historic meets modern Six years ago, Sarah Mattingly and Ben Botkins found a Victorian home in Cherokee Triangle that had been converted into a duplex. Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for duplex
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Adjective
  • First-team appearances came in the National League Cup ties against the under-21 side of Leeds United from the Premier League and second-division Middlesbrough, and dual-registration rules allowed Gjoshe to link up with Bottesford last month.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The inner workings are also dazzling, with the self-winding Caliber CH 28-520 C FUS offering a dual time zone display, flyback chronograph, day/night indicators, and a date display.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Last year, for example, a seven-bedroom triplex hit the market for $30 million, and a few months later, a nearby penthouse listed for $25 million, with all the proceeds going toward philanthropic efforts in Africa.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Electric triplex and walk-behind mowers keep the greens tournament ready without fuel or noise pollution.
    Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
Noun
  • Álvarez, who owned a modest condo in Tampa and incorporated a company there in April 2017, gave an exclusive telephone interview from her jail in Colombia, proclaiming her innocence.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Click here for more photos of the Sierra Towers condo.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
Noun
  • As technologies improve, conductive systems now achieve anywhere around 85-95% efficiency for both cars and trucks.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Essential, convenience and efficiency always win.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The hotel will have 148 guest rooms, including 25 suites and two penthouses.
    Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
  • When a record-breaking sale of a new penthouse hits her desk, Diane’s questions about the buyer’s identity lead to what could be the story of a lifetime.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The place had belonged to a former photography director of this magazine, Jordan Schaps, who started renting the 700-square-foot floor-through for $135 a month in 1975.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2025
  • With its floor-through dwellings, celebrity penthouse, secret passageways, and camaraderie (begrudging or otherwise) between residents both longtime and new, the Arconia is a world within itself.
    Scarlett Harris, Architectural Digest, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Duplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplex. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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