as in pair
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together the book examines the doctor-patient dyad from several perspectives

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Recent Examples of dyad Most of the sharing dyads, almost 67 percent, were unrelated, so kinship also wasn’t a driving factor. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024 Over the study period, researchers identified 52 full sibling dyads, 90 half sibling dyads, and 72 third-degree dyads among the sampled individuals. Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Some similar relationships flower into productive, loving dyads. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023 Sometimes the other half of a Pecknoldian dyad isn’t even another person but a different version of the speaker himself. Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for dyad
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Noun
  • Two Israeli embassy staffers were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 21, as the pair left an evening event at the Capital Jewish Museum a little over a mile from the White House.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Sizes are limited, so don’t wait too long to snatch up a pair of these gorgeous leather wedges.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • An audience of about 75—who all seemed to be locals, except for me and a Dutch couple—roared and cheered as a gifted dancer named David Nieto shook the stage in a whir of heel stomps, wrist flicks, and head snaps.
    Christopher Bagley, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
  • This has not been the type of start Wood has enjoyed the last couple of weeks.
    Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Bindi shared a series of snaps, alternating between photos of the family of three, individual shots of the 4-year-old and an image of the mother-daughter duo.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • Take the story of a mother and daughter duo who started with a folding table and buckets of blooms for sale from the local farmer’s market in Detroit.
    Lenwood V. Long, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The Eiffel Tower is warped and displaced, the Arc de Triomphe hewn in twain.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Wondering where the twain meet with these veteran politicians?
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Dyad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dyad. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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