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Recent Examples of identical twin
In late summer 2025, the pair welcomed identical twin boys.
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Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
She’s joined by Devin McCourty, a three-time Super Bowl champion and prolific identical twin.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
Most stories have a catalyzing incident, and Our Unwritten Seoul’s comes when underachieving and underemployed 30-something Mi-ji discovers her identical twin sister, overachieving office worker Mi-ri, is distressed enough to try to hurt herself.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
Shortly after Nehls announced his retirement, his identical twin brother Trevor Nehls launched a bid to replace the House Republican in Congress.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2025
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Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
She’s joined by Devin McCourty, a three-time Super Bowl champion and prolific identical twin.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
Most stories have a catalyzing incident, and Our Unwritten Seoul’s comes when underachieving and underemployed 30-something Mi-ji discovers her identical twin sister, overachieving office worker Mi-ri, is distressed enough to try to hurt herself.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
Shortly after Nehls announced his retirement, his identical twin brother Trevor Nehls launched a bid to replace the House Republican in Congress.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identical twin
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Cardiac inversus is a congenital condition in which a person's heart and other internal organs are on the other side of the body, creating a mirror image of where most people's organs are.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Feb. 2026
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Duality comes up a lot in Cameron’s work—alter egos, inner contradictions, mirror images.—
Nicola Dall'Asen,
Allure,
5 Feb. 2026
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Sophomore outfielder Josh Hughes (Bonita Vista High) is 19-for-38 for Southwestern with three doubles, two triples, two home runs, six RBIs and 13 runs scored.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Red Sox also ranked seventh in runs scored (786), and while hitting home runs wasn’t a strength, where the club really excelled was hitting doubles.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Decanting and combining your spices is an easy first step to reducing clutter and eliminating duplicates.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Our 23 chromosomes come in pairs that are essentially near duplicates of each other (with the exception of XY pairs).—
Roxanne Khamsi,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2026
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Ewing, a Grade II winner at Saratoga, in the $150,000 Ozark Stakes, the Dixie Belle equivalent for 3-year-old males.—
Bob Wisener,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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The 100-light-year-wide expanse of the Rosette Nebula is estimated to have a staggering mass the equivalent to 10,000 suns and has been sculpted and eroded by the radiation from nearby stars.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Blue Ivy looked like a carbon copy of her mom, styling her new golden-blonde highlights in tiny braids along her hairline that fanned out into buttery blonde waves.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
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Speaking to Collider earlier last year, Frost praised Coltrane’s Hagrid performance and told fans not to expect a carbon copy.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2026
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In parallel, 622 battery energy storage system (BESS) units have already been installed, which is also set to be the largest in the Philippines once fully operational, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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Even the torrid UConn women’s team provides a relevant parallel here.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twin. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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