identical twin

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Recent Examples of identical twin Julie Chan and her identical twin sister, Chloe, were separated at a young age. Literary Hub, 19 May 2026 Europe returned all but one player from the 2023 squad to Bethpage, the lone difference between an identical twin brother. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 Jim Whittaker Used His Platform to Promote Peace 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, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for identical twin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical twin
Noun
  • Behind the black shades, the 22-year-old looked like a mirror image of her mom, channeling Paltrow's signature nonchalant pose.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 June 2026
  • Many are built in the mirror image of their men’s teams.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • The squad also ranked in the top 40 nationally with 119 doubles.
    Steven Johnson June 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
  • Her comeback is in doubles with partner Victoria Mboko, 19, a rising star from Canada, with their first match early this week in the HSBC Championships at Queen’s Club in London.
    Greg Cote June 7, Miami Herald, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Sticker trading events are expected to take place across the area, so that fans can gather and swap duplicates.
    Luis Miguel Echegaray, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • The idea is to take the photo to a 3-D printer that can make a duplicate.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Galen, known as the father of modern medicine, started out as a doctor for gladiators—the equivalent of a residency on The Pitt.
    Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026
  • College football has no equivalent.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • From the outside, the villa was almost a carbon copy of the Tuscan farmhouse (renovated by Crosby Studios) that graced AD’s October 2025 cover, though with a lot less chrome in the interior.
    Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
  • No one can become a carbon copy of a past champion, no matter how hard many try.
    Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • There are some parallels with the 1966 World Cup, when the host nation, England, initially refused to grant visas to the North Korean squad due to the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
    Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • In the early days of the company, physical operations and digital marketing functioned in parallel but lacked a truly conversational flow.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 11 June 2026

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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twin. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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