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or doppelganger
as in twin
something or someone that strongly resembles another
at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelgänger
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Recent Examples of doppelgänger
In one project from 1998, a team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill envisioned communicating with colleagues through virtual, life-sized, 3D doppelgangers that could be projected onto any office surface.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
As sustainability becomes a business necessity, the manufacturing sector is turning to an unlikely ally: its digital doppelganger.
—Raghunandan Gurumurthy, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Winkler shared a photo on X Wednesday with his bronze doppelganger and wife Stacey Weitzman.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
Ray Nicholson is his real-life dad Jack Nicholson's doppelganger in Smile 2.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
The internet named him a doppelganger for Gru, the lead character voiced by Steve Carell, and landed him for a TV spot with the Minions.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024
The idea is to reclaim her space within the industry via a pretty doppelganger.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
In the Emmys press room, Smith discussed his reasoning for making the reference to his name doppelganger.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
The best known of the cycle is Charles Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940), where the comedian plays both a Hitler doppelganger (same body type, same moustache) and a Jewish barber.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
As sustainability becomes a business necessity, the manufacturing sector is turning to an unlikely ally: its digital doppelganger.
—Raghunandan Gurumurthy, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Winkler shared a photo on X Wednesday with his bronze doppelganger and wife Stacey Weitzman.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
Ray Nicholson is his real-life dad Jack Nicholson's doppelganger in Smile 2.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
The internet named him a doppelganger for Gru, the lead character voiced by Steve Carell, and landed him for a TV spot with the Minions.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024
The idea is to reclaim her space within the industry via a pretty doppelganger.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
In the Emmys press room, Smith discussed his reasoning for making the reference to his name doppelganger.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
The best known of the cycle is Charles Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940), where the comedian plays both a Hitler doppelganger (same body type, same moustache) and a Jewish barber.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doppelgänger
Noun
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They’re projected to start the Miyatake and Muller twins with athletic forward Ellie Frazier. 9.Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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The former spouses also share twins Vivian Jenna and Griffin, who were born in 2004, and triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian, who were born in 2006.Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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On May 15, the park issued a news release alongside images from the footage and asked the public to help identify the man and woman in the video.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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Governor’s Veto The website for Kingstree depicts idyllic images of small-town life, with white people sitting on a porch swing, kayaking on a river, eating ice cream, and strolling with their dogs.Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Once your account has been created, click your account picture (top left), then Edit profile.David Nield, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Since then, Google Maps has blurred its picture of Fuentes’ house.Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
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On the one hand, armor, as Wiley sees it, is a metaphor for portrait painting itself.Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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Instead of Black life maimed, denuded of dignity, and degraded, each portrait that makes up I, Narcissus is a study of delicious glamour.Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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The American Kennel Club (AKC) says that small dogs live much longer than their larger counterparts.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In this analysis, the people who died at 27 stood out from their older and younger counterparts.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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