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as in halves
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
I've found one sock but can't find its twin
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as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
some of these people who think that they're a given movie star's twin are kidding themselves
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Recent Examples of twins
The twins had always dreamed of being on maternity leave at the same time.
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Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Their twins were born via IVF in 2021.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Barahona and his wife, Carmen, beat and tortured the twins, tying them with electrical cord and shocking them in a bathtub with the door locked, investigators said.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
The twins also tagged along to hospital staff events and charity walks, learning the rhythms of a place that would later become their workplace.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
Bed types include kings, queens, two twins, and a lone double bed.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
Mohammadi’s 19-year-old twins, Kiana and Ali, have not seen their mother for over 10 years.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
My wife had twins (boy/girl) in 2004, and they were delivered 3 months premature.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
Young and Johnson lead the film as the twins, whose lives were permanently altered by a violent act tied to their father.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 5 May 2026
Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Their twins were born via IVF in 2021.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Barahona and his wife, Carmen, beat and tortured the twins, tying them with electrical cord and shocking them in a bathtub with the door locked, investigators said.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
The twins also tagged along to hospital staff events and charity walks, learning the rhythms of a place that would later become their workplace.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
Bed types include kings, queens, two twins, and a lone double bed.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
Mohammadi’s 19-year-old twins, Kiana and Ali, have not seen their mother for over 10 years.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
My wife had twins (boy/girl) in 2004, and they were delivered 3 months premature.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
Young and Johnson lead the film as the twins, whose lives were permanently altered by a violent act tied to their father.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 5 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twins
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The festival is broken into two halves, with an Intermission Party in between, featuring festive food, creative opportunities, and music, offering a chance to mingle with the artists and fellow guests amid the beauty of the farm.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Bridges was benched for the majority of the second halves in Games 3 and 4.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Fallon showed framed pictures of him hanging out with F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and posing with racecar studs Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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Rittenhouse also posted pictures of himself in a hospital bed as well as a close-up shot of the spider's bite mark.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The research, published in Nature analyzed more than a million daily satellite images from NASA’s Black Marble dataset between 2014 and 2022, tracking changes in artificial light across the inhabited world.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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The photo sets included a range of images, with examples of skyline views, street scenes, landmarks, local architecture, and slices of neighborhood life, and prioritized filter-free images shot in natural daylight to accurately reflect the look of each place.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
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In partnership with Google, the company this year aims to build replicas of the system on multiple continents.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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The Fossil Exhibit Trail has an accessible boardwalk with replicas of fossils and prehistoric creatures that once lived in the area.—
Midwest Living,
Midwest Living,
30 Apr. 2026
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Other companies have already deployed AI clones of their leaders in a similar fashion to Customers Bank.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Division involves using tubers, clones of mother plants, to produce new blooms.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
16 Apr. 2026
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The imagery, made in Haiti, New York, Florida, and her current home of Los Angeles, uses both personal, documentary photographs and more surreal, formal portraits to link Cadet’s personal history to a broader meditation on the Black diasporic experience.—
Elly Fishman,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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Artists in the 18th century would often include a person of color, who would sometimes be imaginary, in their portraits of wealthy white sitters to embellish the painting and highlight the high status of the main subject, according to the researchers.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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“Twins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twins. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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