identical twin

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Recent Examples of identical twin Jim Whittaker Had a Twin Brother Named Lou Whittaker grew up in Seattle and began climbing in the 1940s with the Boy Scouts alongside his identical twin brother, Lou Whittaker. Ryan Brennan april 9, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026 His identical twin, Rasmus, already has qualified for the Masters. ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026 Her identical twin sister, Hannah, gave her the book. Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026 The film fuses blues music, gothic horror, nonlinear storytelling and themes of racial oppression into the story of identical twin brothers — Smoke and Stack — who return to their Mississippi hometown to bring music and culture to their local Black community. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for identical twin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical twin
Noun
  • Also, the two opposing narratives were mirror images of each other in volume and posting cadence, suggesting that the same culprit may have been amplifying both sides of the fight.
    Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
  • This reductive view of the world—women things bad, men things good—is the mirror image of the worst excesses of 2010s Tumblr feminism, when introverted teenage girls posted hashtags like #KillAllMen and drank from mugs that read MALE TEARS.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Sheets, who started the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning and gave the Padres a 4-0 lead with a two-run homer in the sixth, hit an RBI double in the seventh that put the Padres up by five.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • That’s just a bit more than half the playing area of a doubles tennis court.
    Julie Z. Weil, Washington Post, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Removing duplicates will not alter the substantive analysis ED must conduct for each borrower, or the order in which ED processes requests.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Creating a Dayton duplicate is less work for the NCAA, after all.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But, after a period of upheaval that has few equivalents in recent OM history, there are signs the club’s decision-makers are getting serious about tamping down the flames.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • The price of a bag of fertilizer has more than doubled in Disanaayake's area, from the equivalent of $15 dollars, to $37 dollars.
    Diaa Hadid, NPR, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • In this respect and others, Harper feels like a carbon copy of Asia Kate Dillon’s non-binary financial wizard Taylor Mason on Billions, one of the clearer influences on this series.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 May 2026
  • Princess Charlotte is a near carbon copy of her dad, Prince William, in new birthday portrait.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • The parallels between Ines’ dilemma and that of a nation being asked to lick its wounds in silence — in the name of moving on from past miseries — are present but elusive.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 May 2026
  • Modern parallels are just a bonus, however; the story is complete unto itself.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 14 May 2026

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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twin. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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