as in pair
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together
I like rap and my parents like country music, and never the twain shall meet in our house
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Recent Examples of twain
In beauty, there’s truth and trend — and rarely the twain shall meet.
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Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Thankfully, Wednesday is only being split in twain.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Eiffel Tower is warped and displaced, the Arc de Triomphe hewn in twain.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Wondering where the twain meet with these veteran politicians?
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Thankfully, Wednesday is only being split in twain.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Eiffel Tower is warped and displaced, the Arc de Triomphe hewn in twain.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Wondering where the twain meet with these veteran politicians?
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for twain
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twain
Noun
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Mercury will be briefly visible beneath the pair in bright twilight.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Thirteen pairs feature wear-away uppers for the teams that didn’t select Kobe Bryant in the NBA draft, and a 14th edition brings its color to the foreground for the Los Angeles Lakers.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
31 May 2026
Noun
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The couple hard-launched their relationship in 2019 with their first red carpet appearance at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in LA.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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Wyatt and Valdez, who live nearby, said that Baker was a neighbor of theirs for roughly six months a couple of years ago.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Like much of the duo’s work, Mango x Eckhaus Latta draws heavily from the natural world.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
3 June 2026
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Watson across from him grounds their duo with a drillmaster’s sense of duty.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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“Twain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twain. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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