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identical twins

noun

plural of identical twin
as in doubles

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical twins
  1. doubles
  2. equivalents
  3. duplicates
  4. mirror images
  5. equals
  6. carbon copies
  7. peers
  8. similarities
Noun
  • One of those doubles came Friday in the third inning against left-hander Shota Imanaga.
    — Brandon Liguori, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Over the past 20 years, Cîrstea has picked up four WTA titles in singles and six in doubles, thanks in part to an excellent backhand and a solid game at the net.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of doubles
Noun
  • So cleaners to play cleaners, academics to play scientists, even criminals and former KGB agents to play their Soviet equivalents.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Down the line, the cofounders will eventually add in affiliate links from programs like ShopMy and other equivalents.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of equivalents
Noun
  • Objectors also allege some petition sheets were copies, duplicates or did not apply to the specified referendum.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • New features include Automated Bank-Reconciliation that allows JAX to identify unreconciled transactions, duplicates, missing documents and anomalies, then help resolve them while updating the books in real time.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of duplicates
Noun
  • The narrator spends years assembling the truth of this death, concealed by his family, and discovers that Calcutta and Dhaka experienced those riots as mirror images of each other.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Foreign Tongues was built around leftover material from the Hackney Diamonds sessions, and the two albums are such mirror images of one another that they may as well have been released together, Use Your Illusion-style.
    — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Definition of mirror images
Noun
  • Young and old can learn from each other, not as mentors and mentees, but as equals.
    — Gloria Steinem, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This is a partnership of equals—not in the size of our populations, but in the depth of our commitments.
    — Naftali Bennett, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of equals
Noun
  • 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
  • Their second and third goals were almost carbon copies, too.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Definition of carbon copies
Noun
  • In my conversations with peers, the divide is no longer between believers and skeptics; few CFOs doubt that AI will materially shape their organizations.
    — Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In August, India’s central bank kept benchmark interest rates unchanged, in contrast to many of its Asian peers that have hiked rates to tackle inflationary headwinds caused by the disruption to global energy supply chains.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • Later, detectives learned about a case with similarities in Fort Myers, in which a victim claimed a man who offered cash for nude photos had tied him to a tree and attempted to strangle him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Vertical Drama Love’s Cooper and social media users have pointed to the visual similarities between characters in DramaWave’s The Rise of the Lycan Queen and DramaBox’s Deny Me, Dragon King and actor Henry Cavill’s character in The Witcher.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of similarities
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“Identical twins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twins. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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