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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Recent Examples of duplex
Adjective
The trial has not yet turned to evidence recovered from Anderson's south side duplex, where prosecutors say video footage captured Robinson and Anderson arriving — but Robinson never leaving. David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025 Perched on the second floor of a modern duplex at Finca Regina, this one-bedroom suite is all about quiet immersion in nature, with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the lake at nearly every turn. Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 31 July 2025
Noun
The duplex home of renowned art collector, dealer, interior designer and philanthropist Hester Diamond recently listed for $19.5 million. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 May 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 See All Example Sentences for duplex
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplex
Adjective
  • The district recently added 25 electric school buses to their fleet and 14 power stations with dual chargers after a delay earlier in the year with the federal funding freeze.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Geographic diversification and dual sourcing strategies are becoming essential, not only to mitigate geopolitical risks but also to ensure operational continuity during regional disruptions.
    Umesh Kumar Sharma, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Neumann had purchased the triplex for $27.5 million in 2017 while also picking up the one-bedroom, 1.5-bath duplex downstairs from it for $7.2 million.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 21 July 2025
  • But three other residents of the triplex were displaced because power and gas to the building had to be shut off, officials said.
    Harry Harris, Mercury News, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • The best organizations won’t treat hybrid work as a binary choice.
    Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • However, for those with $2.7 million to spend, this isn’t a binary choice.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In addition, the licensing fees from the Dubai golf course which Trump reported on his last three disclosure forms totalled $9.7 million; much of this money likely comes from his cut of sales of condos around the course.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Businesses, condos, small homes, and two churches surround the more than10-acre park.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But when the two leaders stepped up to the twin lecterns, Trump put his hand out to indicate Putin should speak first.
    Nik Popli, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
  • But unlike those two phones, its twin telephoto optics share the same 1/1.28-inch sensor.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But another College Football Playoff appearance hinges on quarterback Maddux Madsen’s efficiency as the focal point of the offense in the post-Ashton Jeanty era.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Manufacturing innovation has historically followed a familiar arc: point solutions to fix discrete issues, application-level changes to improve efficiency, and system-level breakthroughs such as the assembly line.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • Last month, his D.C. landlord filed a lawsuit seeking to evict him from his $20,833-a-month luxury penthouse.
    Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Once the penthouse was stripped bare, Baimakhan started on custom interiors for a young local family with three school-age children.
    Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Another one of her rental listings, also a floor-through but configured as a three-bed, two-bath, rented to the first people who saw it.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 May 2025
  • Two floor-through units on the third and fourth floors sat above an owner’s duplex with bedrooms at the garden level and living spaces on the parlor floor.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2025

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“Duplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplex. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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