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as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value
she worked with her counterpart in the other office to get the job done
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as in twin
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the daughter is her mother's counterpart in somewhat reduced form
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Recent Examples of counterpart
Right-handed amino acids seem quite similar to their left-handed counterparts.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
The strength of the U.S. stock market is more striking when compared with its European counterpart.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Federal funds help support state efforts, and local agencies often coordinate with national counterparts on investigations or in response to major incidents.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Roughly a third that number of their female counterparts has been so honored to date, among them Augusta Savage, Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral, Frances Hodgkins, María Izquierdo, Katarzyna Kobro, Dorothea Lange, and Amrita Sher-Gil.
—News Desk, Artforum, 5 Dec. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
The strength of the U.S. stock market is more striking when compared with its European counterpart.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Federal funds help support state efforts, and local agencies often coordinate with national counterparts on investigations or in response to major incidents.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Roughly a third that number of their female counterparts has been so honored to date, among them Augusta Savage, Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral, Frances Hodgkins, María Izquierdo, Katarzyna Kobro, Dorothea Lange, and Amrita Sher-Gil.
—News Desk, Artforum, 5 Dec. 2024
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For example, digital twins can address U.S. Army requirements for tracking enemy assets during battlefield exercises.William Bain, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The original screenplay was written by real life twins Kerry Donelli and Jacqueline Donelli (Unedited Footage of a Bear) who also star and produce.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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Simulating Natural And Human-Made Systems Digital twin technology can be leveraged to build digital replicas of Earth systems—both natural and human-built environments.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Cottage Interior From a classic sloped ceiling to the iconic bathtub, Small focused on the details to get the replica as close to the real deal as possible.Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
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Footage and images from the scene match the scene shown in the Facebook video, showing the same small white plane in the same position on the side of the highway.Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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In preliminary tests, the model excels at three critical tasks: segmentation (dividing images into distinct anatomical parts), classification (categorizing images based on medical conditions), and visual localization (precisely identifying specific features like fractures or tumors).Bernard Marr, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Upload your content and watch your AI clone guide clients through your wisdom in a conversational way.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The New York Times targeted Wordle clones by filing copyright takedown notices earlier this year, including against at least one shared on GitHub that was strikingly similar to the NYT’s version of the game.Jay Peters, The Verge, 6 Nov. 2024
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Her sister Scout, 33, re-shared Tallulah's post to her Instagram Story, along with a few pictures from the proposal, cropped into heart shapes.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Winners and losers: The Vikings currently stand as the NFC's top wild-card seed, but Minnesota could make a major leap in the playoff picture in the next two weeks.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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The federal government issued $2 currency notes beginning in 1862, which first had a portrait of Alexander Hamilton on the cover.John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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The portraits Joseph took for the agency captured the dignity of the women at work on SS George Washington Carver, exactly what the propaganda agency wanted to show.April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Counterpart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterpart. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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