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Recent Examples of nonidentical The likelihood of giving birth to nonidentical twins three times in a row is very low, said Angela Silber, the doctor who delivered Alarcon’s latest twins via C-section last month after seeing that one of the babies was in a breech position. Washington Post, 6 May 2022 Started in 2018 by British public health researcher Tim Spector, the study has followed more than 1,100 mostly healthy adults in the U.S. and Britain, including hundreds of identical and nonidentical twins. Anahad O’Connor New York Times, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021 Not only does face blindness often run in families, but the face-recognition ability of identical twins is much more similar than that of nonidentical ones. Sarah Bate, Scientific American, 26 Dec. 2019 The toddlers, 18 months to 24 months old, included 250 children who were developing normally (41 pairs of identical twins, 42 pairs of nonidentical twins and 84 children unrelated to each other). Pam Belluck, New York Times, 12 July 2017 The study design allows researchers to compare identical twins, who have the same genetic makeup, with nonidentical twins, who are more different genetically, but grow up in the same family environment at the same time. Perri Klass, M.d., New York Times, 19 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonidentical
Adjective
  • Alaa’s family, campaigners, and parliamentarians are urging the UK government to take more concrete and decisive action—to deploy new and different tools, including amending FCDO travel advice for Egypt and considering sanctions on those responsible for Alaa’s unlawful incarceration.
    Margaret Busby June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • Schools across Ethiopia teach in fifty-one different languages, and students learn in at least two different languages during the course of their school years.
    Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Al Hilal played with a very diverse roster as only three of its starters are from Saudi Arabia.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
  • His team supports both Ecolab’s 48,000 employees and a diverse global customer base, bringing together IT, digital product development and supply chain modernization under one strategic roof.
    Peter High, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • While the divergence between the two is fair, its explanation lies elsewhere: Investor valuations and retail prices differ because they are driven by distinct fundamentals and considerations.
    Thibault Adrien, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Regardless of how the Fendi role shakes up, Chavarria is leaving a distinct mark on the global fashion industry.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike compensation packages that competitors can readily replicate, values alignment creates a distinctive organizational signature that strongly resists imitation—genuine congruence between how leaders navigate complex decisions and how your organization operates daily.
    Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • There is very little on the menu that’s distinctive.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025

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“Nonidentical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonidentical. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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