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Definition of duplexnext
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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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
Three years ago, Gomes and Fredrik Eklund sold a 10,000-square-foot duplex penthouse at 151 Wooster for $50 million. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 2 June 2026 This eclectic and elevated duplex in the historic Balmori Building is the ideal home away from home for art and architecture lovers. Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for duplex
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplex
Adjective
  • That dual-lens advantage may be short-lived, however.
    Omar Kardoudi June 11, New Atlas, 11 June 2026
  • Still, the dual US and Italian citizen living in Italy has been looking into the process of giving up her little blue book in favor of fully embracing her burgundy EU one.
    Terry Ward, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Carey previously offered the triplex for rent, listing it last year at $32,500 a month.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Hermès has launched a new flagship featuring Thailand’s first triplex, while Prada unveiled its first duplex store at IconSiam.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • In contrast, most biotech companies offer a binary bet on one or two drugs.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Foreign policy is never binary.
    Alexander Stubb, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Similarly, houses near the church soon may face the back of another multi-story condo.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 June 2026
  • The condo was built in 1931 and has a living area of 904 square feet.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Adjective
  • Officers responded to a call reporting a shooting on the evening of June 7 and found that a man had fatally shot his 10-year-old twin sons before killing himself, the Times reported.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 June 2026
  • In September 2023, a jury acquitted three men, twin brothers William and Michael Null, and Eric Molitor.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • The system forms a 1,243-mile-wide pool of computing power capable of achieving 98 percent of the efficiency of a single data center, Liu Yunjie, chief director of the project and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told the state publication.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Supply chains would reach near-perfect efficiency through predictive logistics and dynamic routing.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The Mark Hotel’s ultra-luxe World Cup Extravaganza package includes a four-night penthouse stay over the final weekend, with a butler, on-call massage therapist, and private terrace cocktails and caviar, plus access to the final match via helicopter.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026
  • There’s street racing at night, historic circuit racing by day, and one particular stretch where our hero is tasked with stealing a car from a penthouse apartment (with actual on-foot gameplay) while also laying low from police.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 11 June 2026
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 17 Jun. 2026.

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