identical twin

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Recent Examples of identical twin This classic family film features Hayley Mills in dual roles as identical twins separated at birth who meet at summer camp and scheme to reunite their divorced parents. Jené Luciani Sena May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025 His wife clarified that her husband has an identical twin and showed a group photo from their dinner outing. Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025 Although studies in identical twins have found that genetics can account for as much as 80% of the reason a person has obesity, lifestyle factors still play a huge role, Kim said. Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 21 July 2025 Its outwardly identical twin is the 914/6, powered by the 2.0-liter, six-cylinder 911 T engine, slightly detuned and making 110 hp. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for identical twin
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Noun
  • Right-wing politicians who label all critics of Israel antisemites are the mirror image of those who assume that all Jews are Zionists and all Zionists are racists.
    Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The unknotting number of both the (2, 7) torus knot and its mirror image is 3.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yoshida’s leadoff single and Rafaela’s 33rd double finally knocked Mize out of the game in the seventh.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Francisco Lindor clubbed Alcantara’s second pitch 392 feet to right center for his 31st homer of the season and Pete Alonso added an RBI double.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dedicate budget and time to remove duplicates, reconcile systems and build a consistent data model.
    David Kelley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Sort all the items by category so they can be grouped together, get rid of unnecessary duplicates, and re-home items that can be stored elsewhere.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Construction in the section of Jackson Park, often described as Chicago’s equivalent of Central Park, has been slow.
    Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But no amount of finessing the Beetle—the automotive equivalent of a Birkenstock sandal—would turn VW’s ugly duckling into a swan.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sound like a carbon copy of last week’s Bay Area weather?
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The Tokyo Disneyland park looks like a carbon copy of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando but is home to a few more high-tech attractions.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Roeback also wrote about the imminent deployment of the National Guard to Memphis, drawing parallels to the aggressive policing of ICE and noting a recent fatal shooting in Chicago.
    Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
  • One historical parallel here is that in 2018, Democrats ended a shutdown after Mitch McConnell promised them a vote on Dreamers — a promise that failed to ever pass.
    Nik Popli, Time, 26 Sep. 2025

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