identical twin

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Recent Examples of identical twin Their parents welcomed two children, Alexander and Emma, before giving birth to identical twins Ellie and Sophie on Oct. 18, 2000. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024 Not much is known about Bonita Edwards and her identical twin daughters, Annette and Bernette. Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024 Share [Findings] Sets of both fraternal and identical twins exhibit internally similar metacognitive abilities, suggesting that metacognition is environmental rather than heritable. Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 Sam, meanwhile, is concerned that the antics of her rebellious identical twin Charlie (Sienna Sayer) will put her on Santa’s naughty list come Christmas Day. Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for identical twin 
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Noun
  • Gallego’s better standing with Arizona voters is more than a mirror image of Republican Kari Lake’s relatively weak pull with GOP voters and will invite extra scrutiny as Democrats ponder their future after an electoral beating.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2024
  • That's a mirror image of men's overwhelming support for Trump, 53% to 37%.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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  • Very much a doubles specialist, Errani is a former world No. 1 and is part of an exclusive group of women to have completed the career ‘Golden Slam’ in doubles – winning all four grand slams and Olympic gold.
    Amanda Davies, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Though still raw compared to more experienced players in 2021, Clarke batted .324 with 8 homers and 11 doubles in 38 games, stealing 15 bases in 17 tries and playing fine outfield defense.
    Chuck Murr, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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  • Critics call it a near-exact duplicate of a law on Russia's books that has empowered the Russian government's broad elimination of political opposition and free speech groups.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Remove duplicates, fill in missing values and standardize formats.
    Krishnan Gopi, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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  • The rest of the weekend forecast is essentially a carbon copy until Sunday when temperatures climb up to near 60.
    Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Liverpool’s third goal against Manchester United was a carbon copy of that drill as Conor Bradley combined with Mohamed Salah down the right, Diogo Jota’s shot was parried and Tsimikas tucked away the rebound.
    James Pearce, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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  • Probably the most direct parallel is the events of Maidan in Ukraine.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The parallel with Wise (formerly TransferWise) is instructive – while operating in the adjacent cross-border payments space, Wise spent over a decade building direct relationships with central banks and financial institutions.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024

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