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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dyad
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The pair had invited more than a dozen local and international journalists to visit Adra’s home village of At-Tuwani, which lies within a collection of Bedouin villages in an area known as Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, to witness evidence of settler violence and army demolitions.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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The pair’s meanders through the Turkish metropolis heighten the atmosphere of the quest – namely the search for beauty in things that aren’t perfect.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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But at a baseline, the RTX 50-series is underwhelming, and the RX 90-series is more attractive than AMD's last couple of GPU generations have been.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2025
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The couple’s journey is a reminder that love—in all its forms—has power.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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The brothers Stone enlisted bass guitar wonder Larry Graham, who’d been playing in a local jazz duo with his mother.—
Rob Tannenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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In the books, the duo are in their mid-thirties when the story begins with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2025
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The Eiffel Tower is warped and displaced, the Arc de Triomphe hewn in twain.—
Joshua Rivera,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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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 14 Jun. 2025.
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