identical twin

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Recent Examples of identical twin 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 Co-founded by identical twin brothers Gabino and Stephen Roche, the company has gained significant attention with its creative video announcements. William Jones, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 The series was created by identical twin team Matt and Ross Duffer, who also showrun and executive produce the series via their Upside Down Productions banner. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for identical twin
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Noun
  • Researchers highlighted that chiral molecules are asymmetric or non-superimposable on their mirror image.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In the show, the upside down is a mirror image to the physical world, existing in a dimension below the Earth.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Lionel Messi’s first-half double ensured Miami would go through, all despite Luis Suárez serving a one-match suspension.
    Avi Creditor, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Apparently each set of doubles is supposed to add up to a coherent theme.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Those duplicates remain yours and yours alone, housed faraway in the event of a disaster.
    Julia Daye, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2025
  • In total, Jim amassed 262 pages of spreadsheets and a final count of 1,531 pairs of unique socks, with no duplicates.
    Joe Brandt, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Canada’s Remembrance Day equivalent is Armistice Day, also November 11.
    Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Goldman Sachs estimates that AI automation could affect the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs worldwide.
    Jane Sadowsky, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But that responsibility doesn’t extend to trying to create a carbon copy of the Draco from the screen.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, the region and its wines aren’t mere carbon copies of Burgundy—and the differences in geology are one reason why.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This against-the-odds plot had parallels to the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs incursion in Cuba, backed by the CIA and involving roughly 1,400 exiles.
    Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • What once seemed like a dark and distant fantasy now has eerie parallels with our tumultuous present.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twin. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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