IDENTICAL TWINS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

identical twins

noun

plural of identical twin

as in doubles

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Noun

Halpin got his first postseason start in Game 5 of the ALDS and had two doubles.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, meanwhile, became the first American team to win a medal in Olympic mixed doubles curling, taking silver.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of doubles

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The launch comes amid an ongoing, and often confusing, debate over the merits of tokenized deposits versus stablecoins, which are another form of dollar equivalents long embraced by the crypto industry.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
The widening gap in French bond yields over their German equivalents has raised questions over whether the European Central Bank would have to take the expensive and politically controversial step of intervening to stabilize the market.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of equivalents

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Out of the 20,000 names on the list, only 7,035 had addresses in Los Angeles County and some were duplicates, according to a separate Tuesday court filing by Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
Another 258 entries were duplicates, with the same unauthorized videos reported multiple times.

— Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of duplicates

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In the bottlenecks that threaten their dominance, the two superpowers are mirror images.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
In addition to developing better medicines or perfumes, deciphering the mirror images of molecules can help scientists understand the chemical architecture of life, said chemist Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of mirror images

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But as more Tunisians might be learning, the right ideas and the best people to run an economy can be elevated only when all citizens are civic equals, working together under political openness and accountable government.

— the Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026
Baizhan tells me that Kazakh women were traditionally the equals of men.

— Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of equals

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Their resemblance is uncanny; near carbon copies, some thirty years apart.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
The matches — admittedly played in much less friendly environments than Monday – were almost carbon copies of the Americans’ loss to Belgium.

— Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of carbon copies

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On top of these heat-seeking missiles, the platforms play to humans’ (particularly teens’) need to be accepted and admired by peers.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The market has significantly underperformed its European peers in recent years as political volatility has mounted — despite only around 15% of its revenues being generated domestically — with banks under particular pressure.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

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