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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
Noun
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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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The condition is known as situs inversus, a genetic variation where the organs in the chest and abdomen are positioned in a mirror image of normal anatomy, according to the Cleveland Clinic.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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Team Sweden will fight for their chance at a gold medal after defeating Great Britain 9-3 in today's mixed doubles curling semifinal.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the doubles tournament at Flushing Meadows, Venus and Leylah Fernandez won two matches before losing in quarterfinals.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Several of the files appear to be duplicates, the news outlet reported.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Most posts do not receive much engagement, and approximately one-third of the site’s messages are duplicates of viral templates.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Booking a room at this hotel in the Nairobi suburbs at the end of a safari is the travel equivalent of leaving yourself a gift under the tree to open at the end of Christmas Day.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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The practice is dangerous and largely unregulated, with workers often paid the equivalent of about $18 to $24 for a 10-hour shift.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 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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This hyper-detailed design transforms nails into carbon copies of the chic material.—
Omenaa Boakye,
InStyle,
18 Jan. 2026
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OpenAI has launched a new Codex desktop app aimed at helping developers manage multiple AI agents working in parallel across long-running software projects.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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In fact, ayurvedic medicine has its own parallel in the form of the ritual usha paana, which involves drinking lukewarm or room-temp water on an empty stomach in the early hours.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identical%20twin. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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